NLAID - Activity in Zimbabwe

Information on Zimbabwe

Birth rate 31.86 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 14% (2006) country comparison to the world: 58

Climate tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

Death rate 13.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Environment - current issues deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution

Infant mortality rate
total 29.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male 31.98 deaths/1,000 live births
female 26.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Languages English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

Life expectancy at birth
total population 49.64 years
male 49.93 years
female 49.34 years (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write English
total population 90.7%
male 94.2%
female 87.2% (2003 est.)

Maternal mortality rate 790 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 13

Natural resources coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

Population
12,084,304 (July 2011 est.)
note estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Population growth rate 4.31% (2011 est.)

Religions syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total 9 years
male 10 years
female 9 years (2003)

CSU - for the provision of medical, psychological and rehabilitation services to victims of violence and torture (OVT) as well as documentation of cases

Project code NL-1-PPR-22139

Project's aim is to built a consituency based and nationally and regionally linked model that provides citizens with access to info on the GPA and constitutional review process

Project code NL-1-PPR-20422

To strengthen the skills and capacity of the Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex community to defend, articulate and exercise their human rights

Project code NL-1-PPR-21786

HAR-ZIMBABWE LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Project code NL-1-PPR-23184

To provide sustainable peace in Zimbabwe through monitoring and documenting human rights violations

Project code NL-1-PPR-21800

NLAID - Activity in Zimbabwe

Information on Zimbabwe

HAR - STRENGTHENING POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY

technical assistance

To assist youths attaining majority age to vote and victims of political violence who lost IDs to acquire ID's

To strengthen the capacity of GALZ and its membership

HAR-SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE

HAR-CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE COALITION

HAR-ZIMBABWE PEACE PROJECT

ondersteuning mij. middenveld

human rights and good governance

HAR-PROTRACTED RELIEF PROGRAMME

HAR-STRATEGIC HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES

resource support for JOMIC

MULTI-DONOR SUPPORT THROUGH UNDP TO THE CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE

HAR-GPA IMPLEMANTATION SUPPORT PROGRAM

CSU - for the provision of medical, psychological and rehabilitation services to victims of violence and torture (OVT) as well as documentation of cases

DVF MEFMI III

STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLITICAL AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Bijdrage aan Zimbabwe Europe Network

CAPACITEITSOPBOUW PM'S OFFICE ZIMBABWE

BACKSTOPPING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FACILITY

BUSINESS OWNERSHIP SURVEY IN ZIMBABWE

GAYS & LESBIANS OF ZIMBABWE

HAR-SEXUAL RIGHT CENTRE

SUPPORT TO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE

RADIO VOP EVENING PROGRAMME

HAR-ZIMRIGHTS VOTER REGISTRATION

HAR-KUBATANA SUPPORT TO SOCIAL MEDIA

funding various projects

MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND-WORLD BANK

Bijdrage aan FAO voor de verstrekking van nieuwe zaden en kunstmest voor het komende zaaiseizoen

Project's aim is to built a consituency based and nationally and regionally linked model that provides citizens with access to info on the GPA and constitutional review process

Overbrugging ondersteuning Prime Minister's Office Zimbabwe

To improve citizen participation in elections, governance issues and in the democratization process in Zimbabwe

HAR-CPF FOR NAPII

HAR - PKP ODA 2011

To strengthen the skills and capacity of the Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex community to defend, articulate and exercise their human rights

HAR-ZIMBABWE LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

To provide sustainable peace in Zimbabwe through monitoring and documenting human rights violations