All resources: Zimbabwe

BG4YE Project

An SIYB training of trainers workshop

A ten day Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training of trainers' (ToT) workshop for 25 participants is underway in Gweru. This intervention aims to bolster local capacities and meet the rising demand for accredited SIYB trainers in the...

Intervention focus

Strategic compliance planning for labour inspection among construction sector SMEs in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Decent Work for Construction Project

Documenting good practices on linking decent working conditions to improved labour productivity and enterprise sustainability in the...

Decent work in Construction Project

Construction sector stakeholders speak out

Decent work in Construction Project

South Africa, takes the reigns of the Project Steering Committee

SEDWAY Project

Empowering vulnerable communities: The Chesvingo Safe Market

The Chesvingo Safe Market launched on 11 July 2024, aligns with the ILO’s mandate to promote decent work and sustainable development; while supporting the Government of Zimbabwe’s National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which emphasizes economic...

New Processing Plant Brings Hope to Banana Farmers in Zimbabwe

The banana processing plant under construction in Hauna in the Mutasa District of Mutare, aims to help banana farmers in the region to access markets, transportation, and reduce post harvest losses, including tackling gender-based violence.

Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) Project

Project Media toolkit on “Reporting on Labour Migration in the SADC region” and Media competition awards ceremony

Zimbabwe: An assessment summary

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Zimbabwe

This assessment highlights the critical need for quality childcare services for informal economy workers in Zimbabwe. Street vendors and domestic workers, particularly women, face significant challenges due to high levels of informality and lack of...

Decent Work for Construction

Provision of Business Development Services Small Enterprises in the Zimbabwe Construction Sector

Addressing sexual harrassment and GBV at workplaces and promoting women’s economic empowerment

Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2024

The ILO at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2024

Among the various visitors to the UN Pavilion during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair was Ambassador Faranisi, now Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, students, and people from all walks of life.

Child labour perspectives ECLT Board

A bitter harvest: Child labour prevalence on tobacco farms

According to 2020 ILO/UNICEF Global Estimates, half of the over 160 million children in child labour are in sub-Saharan Africa, with 70 per cent of them in agriculture. In Zimbabwe, a week before a 2019 Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social...

Briefing - ECLT Work in Zimbabwe 28th Feb

Siting, Drilling and Equipping a Solar Powered Borehole at Chesvingo Safe Market in Masvingo - Borehole Design

Baseline survey on the state of informality in the cultural and creative sectors in Zimbabwe

This study explores the elements of decent work that are prevalent in the informal economy, namely labour rights; employment opportunities; social security and social dialogue; adequate earnings and productive work; working time, safety and health;...

Persons with disabilities in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and the workplace: A situational analysis

Since 2021, the ILO and UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa has been implementing a joint project aimed at ‘reasonable accommodation' for persons with disabilities in TVET institutions and workplaces. Among several interventions, a...

ILO and AFDB target small-scale dairy farmers in Umguza

The Umguza Dairy Hub, when fully operational, holds the potential of transforming the lives and livelihoods of the targeted young people. It will give them new hope and new purpose for their community and for the future.

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

This study examines the interrelationship of child labour and informality in 22 sub-Saharan countries.