Zimbabwe gender assessment
The aim of this report is to gather evidence that will identify priorities and actions by stakeholders towards positively influencing, up scaling and accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe: Food Insecurity to Worsen
ZIMBABWE's food insecure population in the rural areas will increase from 2,8 million to 4,1 million people during the peak of the hunger period from January to March 2017, according to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability
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El Nino driving child marriage and labor across southern Africa: agencies
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tens of thousands of children across southern Africa are being pushed out of school and into early marriage or child labor because of drought and hunger caused by
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WFP appeals for $204 for southern Africa emergency food aid
Some 18 million people from seven southern Africa countries require emergency food aid, according to the latest report by World Food Programme. The food security crisis in the region has been attributed
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Zimbabwe: Three Local Climate Projects Approved
ZIMBABWE has received approval for three climate projects that could see the nation reverse some of the dangers caused by climate change in sectors such as water, agriculture and manufacturing. Elisha
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U.N. food agency says faces $610 million shortfall for southern Africa drought relief
The United Nations' food agency said on Thursday it needed $730 million over the next 12 months for relief in seven southern African countries hit hard by a blistering drought and faced a $610 million
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Zimbabwe: Mafungautsi Forest Endangered
The quest for the elusive dollar among poverty stricken villagers living close to Mafungautsi forest, is putting the country's teak and mahogany tree species at risk of being wiped out. Listed since
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Zimbabwe: Govt Embarks On Food Security Initiative
Government is working on a project to support the Agricultural Rural Development Authority, prisons, universities and other institutions that own farmland, with machinery and equipment to boost agricultural
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U.N. hikes 2016 humanitarian appeal to record $21.6 billion after new disasters
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations has raised its 2016 humanitarian funding appeal to a record $21.6 billion from $19.7 billion, partly due to new disasters including a cyclone
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'Sweet business' of beekeeping helps protect Zimbabwe's forests
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Divas Matinyadze’s 47 beehives are hidden away in a dense patch of forest, along a narrow dirt path beside a small river in Mpudzi Resettlement Scheme.
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Zimbabwe's wildlife agency suspends boss over missing rhino horns
Zimbabwe's wildlife authority has suspended its director general and is investigating the disappearance of 228 kg (500 pounds) of the agency's stored rhino horn, it said on Tuesday. The southern African