Tag: Labour and Social Welfare

Zim government extends food distribution exercise

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Government says its food distribution exercise to vulnerable communities will go beyond March up till the next rains to cushion Zimbabweans from the rising food insecurity caused by the El-Nino induced drought. The national Food Deficit Mitigation Programme led by the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare working with the World Food Programme (WFP) and other partners intends to reach more than 2.7 million people during the January to March 2024 lean season. In an interview on the sidelines of a UNFPA donation of 19…

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‘I Was All Alone’: Why Some Zimbabwean Women Kill Their Babies

GLOBAL PRESS ARTICLES

By Linda Mujuru, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — “I just want to forget about it,” Tariro says. The 24-year-old woman remembers the night in January this year when she gave birth to twins, then buried them alive in a shallow grave behind a neighbour’s house. The memory lingers in her mind, though she deeply longs to erase it. “I had stomach cramps the whole night until I gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. I was all…

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More funding needed for the child protection sector in Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

At a High-Level Policy Dialogue event, key stakeholders in child protection agreed that more needs to be done to address the many protection issues children face   The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF and the Zimbabwe Economics Society today convened a High-Level Policy Dialogue on Child Protection Financing in Zimbabwe. The Dialogue is part of the Child Budgeting Series initiated by UNICEF and Zimbabwe Economics Society (ZES) in partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe. The meeting today comes at a pivotal moment as many children face…

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