Posts Tagged "#myZimSDGs"

Poverty Swoops on Southern Africa’s Urban Dwellers

Poverty Swoops on Southern Africa’s Urban Dwellers

By on Sep 4, 2017 in News |

By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (IDN) – At one stage in her life, she was a top accountant with the National Railways of Zimbabwe. Now, domiciled in Epworth, a crowded informal settlement in south-eastern Harare Province, 25 kilometres outside Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, hers has turned out to be a riches-to-rags tale. Shuvai Chikoto, a 48-year-old mother of three who...

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UN high level political forum nudges SDGs forward

UN high level political forum nudges SDGs forward

By on Aug 22, 2017 in News, Sustainable Development Goals |

Bishow Parajuli and Amarakoon Bandara Zimbabwe presented its progress report on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) from 10 to 19 July 2017 at the UN headquarters in New York. Under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the HLPF is the central, all-member states’ follow-up and...

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Voluntary National Reporting

Voluntary National Reporting

By on May 15, 2017 in Sustainable Development Goals |

40 countries including Zimbabwe volunteered to be part of national voluntary reviews (VNRs) at the 2017 session of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) . The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developments as part of its follow-up and review mechanisms  encourages member states to “conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the...

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Promote agribusiness to attain SDGs: Global Experts

Promote agribusiness to attain SDGs: Global Experts

By on May 2, 2017 in News, Sustainable Development Goals |

http://www.chronicle.co.zw/promote-agribusiness-to-attain-sdgs-global-experts/ April 27, 2017 Opinion & Analysis   Sifelani Tsiko in Victoria Falls “Our slogan should be from a cotton field to a factory that produces a shirt, from animal leather to a shoe factory…from fruit to fruit juices and not to send your fruits only to import fruit juices,” says Mr...

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