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Zimbabwe 2012 Census Thematic Reports Fact Sheet

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The fact sheet shows key findings from six Census Thematic reports that have been produced from the Zimbabwe 2012 Census. The thematic reports focusing on six areas, Labour Force Characteristics; Living Conditions; Disability; Women and Men; Children and Older Persons provide a detailed analysis of data collected during the 2012 Census. The results of the 2012 Census were released in December 2013. Statistics are a vital tool for economic and social development and reliable and timely data can help Zimbabwe in the formulation of development policies and programmes.

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SWOP 2017 Worlds Apart: Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality

State of World Population Report

In today’s world, gaps in wealth have grown shockingly wide. Billions of people linger at the bottom, denied their human rights and prospects for a better life. At the top, resources and privileges accrue at explosive rates, pushing the world ever further from the vision of equality embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

This year's State of World Population Report Worlds Apart delves into the effect these inequalities have on women and girls' reproductive health.

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Family Planning in Zimbabwe

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Family Planning in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Floods Situation Report 01

Technical Reports and Document

This report is produced by Office of the Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from January - April 2017.

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Zimbabwe: Flood Snapshot

Technical Reports and Document

Zimbabwe has appealed for assistance after declaring floods a national disaster. Almost 250 people have been killed and about 2,000 people have been left homeless, with around 900 people displaced to a camp in Tsholostho in Matabeleland North. Much of the heavy rains received over the past month can be attributed to Tropical Cyclone DINEO, which crossed southern and western Zimbabwe as a powerful storm system in mid-February. Special Cabinet Committee has raised $14.5 million of the $100 million required to repair extensive infrastructure damage, including to roads, bridges, schools and clinics. Assessments are ongoing as humanitarian partners consider redirecting the current drought response as well as mobilizing additional

resources. Multi-sectoral life-saving response activities are ongoing in the worst affected districts. Rains are expected to continue until April.

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Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Zimbabwe

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The Zimbabwe Agenda for Socio-economic Transformation (Zim Asset) 2013-2018 lays a foundation for its long-term development aspirations that seek to achieve sustainable development and social equity anchored on indigenisation, empowerment and job creation. Demographic change has implications for the realisation of these ambitions. This study set out to analyse the population dynamics and age-structure changes in Zimbabwe in the medium to long-term and the implications these will have on the ability of the country to maximise its Demographic Dividend (DD). The demographic dividend refers to the temporary economic benefit that can arise from a significant increase in the ratio of working-age adults relative to young dependents that results from fertility decline - if this change is accompanied by sustained investments in education and skills development, health, job creation and good governance. The DD paradigm offers a framework that is congruent with the needs of Zimbabwe’s long-term development aspirations as well as the global post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda.

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