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ACI 2: Jobs and skills for youth -Thematic funding for 2014-15 (SIDA-ILO Partnership Programme 2014-17) - (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: GLO/14/72/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Rafael Muñoz Sevilla

An ILO commissioned study analyzes Zimbabwe’s labour market sector

A report on potentials of employment creation explores the nature of economic recovery and structural transformation that are needed to address the employment deficits in Zimbabwe.

The TREE of life: Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development Programme

The ILO’s TREE (Training for Rural Economic Empowerment) and Quality Improvement in Informal Apprenticeship (QIA) methodologies have been successfully implemented in about half of Zimbabwe’s 75 districts. Over 10,000 young men and women have...

“These women are an example of modern day slavery”

Twenty-one women who were lured into modern day slavery in Kuwait, were repatriated and returned to Zimbabwe to start a new life.

Joint Programme for Gender Equality in Zimbabwe

The ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia is contributing to the implementation of the United Nations Joint Programme for Gender Equality (JPGE), a SIDA funded three year programme with UN Women and UNDP. The ILO component focuses on women’s...

Workplace Stress: a collective challenge

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. The theme for 2016 is “Workplace Stress: a collective challenge”. Today, many workers are facing greater pressure to meet the...

A joint monitoring visit with SIDA

It has been only seven months since sixty women were identified as beneficiaries for the Joint Programme for Gender Equality (JPGE) from a total of 280 households in Ward 1 of Murewa District. Murewa is the fifth district to benefit from the...

Building capacity on agricultural safety and health to empower women in rural Zimbabwe

The ILO trained women of Chivi’s rural district to identify and mitigate risks related to safety and health at project sites.

Localizing maternity protection coverage in Zimbabwe

How an ILO-led program on gender equality supports better maternity protection coverage of women workers in small holder farmers community of southeast Zimbabwe’s Chivi rural district.

Educated Empowered Inspired - Transforming lives through the response to HIV and AIDS in East and Southern Africa

Poverty, gender inequality and social exclusion continue to pose major challenges to HIV prevention efforts. Between 2011 and 2016, the ILO, in partnership with Sida, implemented an innovative economic empowerment programme amongst hard-to -reach...

Zimbabwe’s female journalists discuss ILO’s report on Women at Work Trends

Marking International Women’s Day, the ILO in Harare invited female journalists to a launch of a flagship report on the latest trends and developments for women at work.

Sweden focuses on development cooperation with ILO in Zimbabwe

Sweden’s diplomatic corps in Harare paid a courtesy visit to UN agencies in Zimbabwe, including the ILO, to get first-hand information on the implementation of development cooperation programs and strategic partnerships.

“Decent Work in Global Supply Chains”

The competitive pressures to produce at low cost in Global Supply Chains (GSC), increases the pressures for low wages and poor working conditions. This has led to countries ‘racing to the bottom’ by creating artificial and unsustainable comparative...

ARLAC to address Decent Work in the Global Supply Chains

Members States of the African Regional Labour Administration Centre are holding a High Level Ministerial Symposium on Decent Work in the Global Supply Chains from 18-19 February 2016 in Livingstone, Zambia.

ILO 2016 Directors’ retreat focuses on SDGs and African development agenda

ILO directors in the Africa Region met in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 18 - 21 January 2016 to discuss how best to implement key priorities of the continent in line with the sustainable development goals and Agenda 2063 of the African Union.

Zimbabwe to host ILO 2016 Field Directors’ Meeting in Africa

Field Directors and Officials of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) will meet from 18-21 January in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to hold the Annual Senior Management Retreat for Africa.

“Educated, Empowered and Inspired” tell their stories of transformation from the ILO-Sida Economic Empowerment Project

Representatives from ILO, SIDA and Government of Zimbabwe visited four Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) supported by the Corridor Economic Empowerment Project at Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, which mobilized the Ministry of SMEs to donate an unused...

ILO part of 90-90-90 Agenda @ICASA 2015

The ILO and its partners were actively present at the International Conference for AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) which took place from the 30 November to the 4 December 2015 at the Harare International Conference Centre, Zimbabwe.

Business Development Service for enterPRIZE Job Creation Challenge Winners

ILO partnered with Royal Business Consult Trust (RBCT) to provide the Improve Your Business (IYB) training to the seventeen winners in Harare, Zimbabwe.

325th session of the ILO Governing Body

Informal economy: What are the experiences from Zimbabwe?

The transition from informal to formal economy was one of the topics of discussion at the 325th session of the ILO Governing Body, which was held in Geneva from 2 to 12 November 2015. In this interview, Sithokozile Siwela, Vice-president of the...