News, articles and events on youth employment
July 2020
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1st ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call winner announced
15 July 2020
The winner of the first ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call has been announced, and the USD 50,000 prize has gone to a domestic workers association in Zimbabwe.
February 2019
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No job is to be labelled ‘male’ or ‘female’
18 February 2019
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 and teenage pregnancies are common with rates of 18% and 21% respectively.
December 2018
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New fruit and vegetable pack house set to arrest post-harvest losses
02 December 2018
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 transport.
August 2018
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Promoting decent work opportunities for youth in rural areas of SADC countries
23 August 2018
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.
June 2018
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Co-creating a Mopane caterpillars processing plant with women beneficiaries.
08 June 2018
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 Mopane worms.
March 2018
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Women gold miners in Zimbabwe co-designed a mercury free gold processing plant
01 March 2018
With the support of the ILO and development partners, Guruve Women in Mining Cooperative co-created an environmentally sustainable gold milling plant that will improve productivity and deliver higher yields in Zimbabwe.
October 2017
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How worms and gold can help improve livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe
27 October 2017
Thousands of people are set to benefit from a project in Zimbabwe aimed at creating jobs and improving livelihoods for women and youth in poor rural communities. The project focuses on the food production sector and gold ore processing.
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The AfDB Youth and Women Empowerment Project (YWEP) comes to life
11 October 2017
This initiative will build on existing interventions to empower young people and women in the selected districts.
April 2014
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Moving from marginalization through apprenticeships
04 April 2014
An ILO project in Zimbabwe is helping improve the quality of apprenticeships in the informal economy. The programme helps young people, particularly those living with disability, find decent work and escape the vicious circle of marginalization and poverty.
June 2013
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ILO Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development Programme and the UNDAF (Zimbabwe) on a Joint mission
Recently, an ILO mission comprising various stakeholders went to witness the launch and the handover of equipment and toolkits for youth skills and employment creation projects in Mutare by the Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development programme.