All resources: Zimbabwe

English-Speaking Africa Ministers of Labour end summit

The summit, which saw Africa Ministers of Labour from Member states, who are members of the Africa Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) has ended. It was a busy three days, which started with the 45th ARLAC Governing Council, then on the...

No job is to be labelled ‘male’ or ‘female’

Hopley is a highly populated suburb South of Harare, characterised by poor infrastructure, weak social services, low education and high school dropout rates and unemployment, pushing the majority of this community into informal work. Child marriages...

UN remains open, fully operational in Zimbabwe

The United Nations System in Zimbabwe, comprising Agencies, Funds and Programmes, remains open and fully operational. UN entities continue to implement various development and humanitarian activities in support of national development priorities and...

New fruit and vegetable pack house set to arrest post-harvest losses

The people of Mutoko District, north of Harare, well known for their expertise in horticulture production, have repeatedly suffered loss of both produce and related income due to long distances to lucrative markets and limited access to effective...

Promoting Employment and Decent Work in Africa: ILO and NEPAD sign a Memorandum of Understanding

The MoU between the ILO and the NEPAD Agency will see the two institutions apply their combined areas of expertise in infrastructure development across Africa.

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Zimbabwe

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises

In June 2007, the International Labour Conference (ILC) discussed the promotion of sustainable enterprises. The conclusions of this discussion provided an important contribution agreed by the ILO’s tripartite constituency of governments, employers’...

Is your business ready to leap and go green?

The Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development Programme launches the Simuka-Phakama 2018 business competition for green and growth oriented SMEs

Our impact, their voices

Traditional leaders from Zimbabwe become gender activists

An ILO Project on gender equality in Zimbabwe helped traditional leaders to understand the benefits of involving women in economic and social activities.

Conclusions of the tripartite workshop on decent work for youth in the rural economy in SADC countries.

The workshop was held from 21 to 23 August 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Promoting decent work opportunities for youth in rural areas of SADC countries

Governments, employers and workers from SADC countries agree to enhance decent work for women and youth in rural areas by promoting inclusive pro-employment policies.

ILO Director General on an official visit to Namibia 5-7 August 2018

Mr. Guy Ryder, The ILO Director General, has arrived in Namibia for a three day working visit at the invitation of the Government of Namibia.

Summary report: Cooperatives’ competitiveness potential for trade in SADC countries

The objectives of the research are to determine what opportunities exist for agricultural cooperatives to export, with what products, and to which markets from which SADC countries. The external constraints to increasing cooperative share of export...

Co-creating a Mopane caterpillars processing plant with women beneficiaries.

Women beneficiaries in an AfDB supported project recently actively participated in the design of the infrastructure and production line layout of the processing plant that will ensure improved hygiene and more efficient production of their harvested...

Women Economic Empowerment

‘Maçimbi (Mopani worms) are our ‘gold mines’

Over 250 people converged at Matshiloni Village, Beitbridge to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mopani Caterpillar Processing Centre. They consisted of officials from Ministries of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Finance,...

Employment Promotion

Strategies for employment promotion in Zimbabwe

A half day Dialogue on Employment Promotion Strategies was held on 4 April 2018 with officials from relevant line Ministries. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare with technical and financial support from the ILO.

Sida support transforms life in Harare, Zimbabwe

A delegation of Swedish Parliamentarians and members of the United Nations Association of Sweden visit a public-private partnership intervention on the outskirts of Harare.

Green enterPRIZE Development and Innovation in Zimbabwe Project Document

The proposed project seeks to contribute to solving a series of inter-related development problems, such as high levels of youth employment, low levels of formal and growth oriented entrepreneurship and unsustainable production processes of SMEs in...

Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development Programme in Zimbabwe - An Assessment of Firms in Economic Subsectors

This assessment has been initiated in order to look at the success of the Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) and Quality Improvement in Informal Apprenticeships in Zimbabwe (QIA) methodologies in delivering the ILO Skills for Youth...

Zimbabwe HIV and AIDS Strategy for the Informal Economy

The role of the Informal Economy sector in driving the economy is strongly acknowledged, hence the need to safeguard it through ensuring comprehensive HIV and AIDS programmes and services with a targeted approach for women and youth. This strategy...