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Launching a brand new partnership for ending violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe.
We announced £500k to bring business and civil society together to find new approaches to tackling violence.
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Jo Abbot
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Development Director & Deputy Ambassador at British Embassy Harare. 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 Development issues and life in Zimbabwe
Harare Katılım Temmuz 2012
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Emthonjeni Women’s Forum was honoured to host a visit from the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, engaging in meaningful conversations on advancing women’s rights, economic empowerment, and ending gender-based violence.
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British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Meets Emthonjeni Women’s Forum on Rights, Empowerment southernafricaeyenews.com/british-ambass…
@UKinZimbabwe @PeteVowles @EmthonjeniWomen
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With PS Sibanda @mwacsmed & @UNFPA_Zimbabwe Rep @MirandaTabifor about to speak at City Hall about violence against women & girls.
Why during @ZITF1 week?
One reason is that we can only have inclusive development in 🇿🇼, 🇬🇧, & 🌍 when half population can fully participate!
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Excellent morning in the Education Hall at @ZITF1 - seeing hundreds of innovative ideas and prototypes & learning about depth of 🇬🇧🇿🇼 academic partnerships. Thank you!
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@RetzlaffCh @advocatetinashe We will miss you Katharina, you have been a superb colleague!
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Farewell for GIZ country director Katharina Hübner after 5 years of development cooperation in Zimbabwe and welcoming her successor Thomas Dämmrich. 🇩🇪🫱🏻🫲🏿🇿🇼.
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Why only celebrate Women’s Day on 8 March? Thank you @NMBBankZim for a women’s day of wellness, planting trees in Mazowe Botanical Reserve, Christon Bank.
🙏 also to Abel Nzaka @MyTreesTrust for excellent guidance on indigenous trees and inspiring us with your love of nature
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🇿🇼 is first in the 🌍 to develop a mini grid policy! Great to speak at the policy validation workshop and hear from over 50 experts, adding their knowledge to fine tune the policy framework and implementation plan
🇿🇼 🤝 🇬🇧
UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼@UKinZimbabwe
⚡️ Expanding Energy Access in Zimbabwe The 🇬🇧UK's Green Cities, Infrastructure & Energy Programme (GCIEP), working with the Government of 🇿🇼 have developed the country’s first mini‑grid policy framework, shaped by 100+ stakeholders from 52 institutions: ukgreencitiesandinfrastructure.org/resource/gciep…
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For women building and scaling, take note👇
ITC SheTrades@ITC_SheTrades
We are launching the SheTrades Zimbabwe Hub! 🇿🇼 Join us in Harare on 19 and 20 March for SheTrades Business-Oriented Soft Skills (BOSS) training and the official Hub launch. Meet business leaders, build skills for growth, and learn how the Hub will connect women-led businesses to support, networks and opportunities. 🔗 Apply by 17 March 👉tr.ee/7ZFq6X @ITCnews | @UKinZimbabwe | @ZimTradeAlerts | @FCDOGovUK
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This week, 12 Zimbabwean women entrepreneurs in essential oils and natural beauty products travelled to the UK for a three-day trade mission across London, Bradford and Manchester. 🌍
Through B2B meetings and company visits, they met buyers and industry partners while showcasing products made with ingredients including baobab, mongongo and mafura. 🌿🤝
@ITCnews | @UKinZimbabwe | @FCDOGovUK | @ZimTradeAlerts
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Hon Min Moyo talks to power of partnerships in delivering quality & inclusive ed in 🇿🇼 . TEACH has registered 1000 satellite schools, supported e-inspection, helped 7k girls with non-formal ed, trained 80k teachers, 4k school grants, solarised 150 schools …. The list goes on!
Jo Abbot@AbbotJo
Getting warmed up for a day of learning on the @MoPSEZim & @UKinZimbabwe #TEACH programme, supporting schools, pupils & teaching across 🇿🇼 with partners @UNICEFZIMBABWE @thinkequalorguk @PlanUK @edtvoice
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Getting warmed up for a day of learning on the @MoPSEZim & @UKinZimbabwe #TEACH programme, supporting schools, pupils & teaching across 🇿🇼
with partners @UNICEFZIMBABWE @thinkequalorguk @PlanUK @edtvoice
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Congratulations @gillianchinzete on being the first woman Director! It was lovely to meet you and talk about how you will lead and help advance other #womenleaders
#womensupportingwomen
UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼@UKinZimbabwe
🇬🇧 Development Director Dr Jo Abbot @AbbotJo was delighted to meet with Gillian Chinzete and congratulate her on becoming the first female National Director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association @ZimRightsLIVE in the organisation's 34-year history.
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Thank you @JessieFMajome & team for great discussions including on socio-economic rights eg healthcare, education and how these can upheld in a changing aid and development world.
#FinancingForDevelopment
UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼@UKinZimbabwe
Yesterday, we met the Zimbabwean Human Rights Commission Chair, Jessie F. Majome @JessieFMajome, to discuss our shared priorities - including how protecting civic space and advancing socio-economic rights helps uphold the Constitution and support Zimbabwe’s development.
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“GBV is a business issue not just a social issue! We all have critical roles to play in preventing & responding to gender based violence”
Thankyou @MinofWomenZim CD Lilian Matsika for opening our event ‘Empowered Communities, Productive Mines: Tackling GBV in 🇿🇼 mining industry’
Pete Vowles@PeteVowles
Chief Director Lilian Matsika, Chief Director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development making the case for the mining sector to step up in ending gender-based violence in mining communities. #16DaysOfActivism
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Today we are looking at a ‘whole of society’ approach to tackling #GBV in 🇿🇼 mining industry, and hearing from GoZ, mining companies & NGOs on practical steps to create safer lives and futures for women & girls in mining areas
@zawima_org
@weareonefund
#16DaysOfActivism2025
Pete Vowles@PeteVowles
Now to some solutions 🗣️Kudzai Mtombeni from Unki Mine 🗣️ Edmore Matsika from SABI Gold with @Men4Equality 🗣️Nontisikeleo Nzula on the @weareonefund Full of ideas & experience of what works to end gender-based violence in mining communities #16DaysOfActivism
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Yesterday, women in business gathered at the British Ambassador’s Residence to stand with the #WeAreOneFund. Pledges made. Stories shared.
#GBV is real, and it affects every sector. We’re building systems that uplift and protect women, especially in the workplace.
#WeAreOneFund
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@UKinZimbabwe Mr Martin Alsop speaks on the importance of growing sustainable trade by empowering female owned businesses! This #SheTrades seminar will go a long way in educating them to improve their competitiveness for trade.
#EnergizingExporta
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