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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:In 2020, the CEDAW encouraged Zimbabwe to ratify the OP-CEDAW. [Para 2]
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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:BelarusBelarusRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to combat trafficking in persons and consider the possibility to accede to the OP-CRC-SC and to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children.Implementation" National Report:
Para 17) Since the previous review, Government has ratified the following human rights treaties: ... Palermo Protocol …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) Zimbabwe supported a recommendation to ratify outstanding human rights instruments and has since ratified … OP-CRC-SC ...
Para 101 )Where there is information pointing to trafficking, Government is taking measures to investigate, prosecute and/or repatriate victims. For example, Government has been investigating and where appropriate charging persons allegedly involved in the trafficking of several women and securing their repatriation" -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex by repealing section 73 of the Criminal Code and Reform Act 2006.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual abuse
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:NeglectedContents:ZCRO noted that legislation and systems set to protect children from sexual abuse fall short when it comes to implementation. ZCRO recommended ensuring that all police stations have established Victim Friendly Units that are adequately resourced and staffed with personnel trained to work with children and communities in a child-friendly manner. [Para 32] -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Early marriage
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen measures to protect the rights of women and girls and against the illegal practice of child marriage. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Accelerate the process of aligning national legislation with the legal standards and requirements of Zimbabwe’s Constitution, especially the Electoral Act, the Criminal Law Act and the Marriage Act. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:Cape VerdeCape VerdeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Take appropriate measures to combat sexism and sexual violence by ratifying the OP-CEDAW.ExplanationNoeted. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:AngolaAngolaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt a national strategy to eliminate gender discrimination and increase gender parity in political, economic and social segments. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual abuse
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Act swiftly to address issues of discrimination against girls in education, especially sexual abuse and harassment of girls in schools, as well as difficulties faced by children in rural areas in accessing educationImplementationNational Report:
Para 52) As a Social Protection measure, the Government is providing sanitary wear to female learners in support of their menstrual health needs. In the 2020 financial year, Government supported this programme with ZWL$ 200,000,000, and increased the amount to ZWL$ 500 million in the 2021 fiscal allocation.
Para 63) Government has given a policy directive to both technical and teachers’ colleges to adopt 50/50 gender parity constitutional requirement when enrolling women. Pursuant to this directive, the current enrolment of women at polytechnics is 43% while at teachers’ colleges it is 74%.
Para 65) Government has also integrated engendered subjects in the curricula. This has helped to raise awareness of the gender issues amongst the students.
Para 66) One of the universities has addressed the gender gaps in higher and tertiary education through gender mainstreaming and has 80% of its total enrolment consisting of women.
Para 59) UNESCO stated that Zimbabwe could be commended for its enactment of the Education Amendment Act, of 2020, which extended the prohibited grounds of discrimination in education to include marital status, age, pregnancy, disability, economic or social status, and whether persons were born in or out of wedlock, which would be added to nationality, race, colour, tribe, place of birth, ethnic or social origin, language, class, religious belief, political affiliation, opinion, custom, culture, sex and gender.
Para 60) … The United Nations country team stated that the Education Amendment Act, inter alia, promoted menstrual health and the retention of pregnant girls in schools.
Para 61) The United Nations country team stated that children in rural areas faced various challenges in accessing education, and that parents prioritized the education of boys over that of girls, especially at secondary school level.
Para 62) CEDAW noted with concern: (a) the high school dropout rate among girls due to child marriage and/or early pregnancy, or financial difficulties; (b) that the needs of girls were not sufficiently taken into account in school infrastructure; (c) the reports of sexual abuse and harassment of girls in and on the way to and from school and the impunity for the perpetrators of such acts; and (d) the disproportionately low enrolment rate among women and girls in studies in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:MaldivesMaldivesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to combat diseases including malaria and HIV/AIDS by investing in pharmaceutical research and public access to treatment optionsImplementationNational Report:
Para 29) Zimbabwe has made positive efforts to create an enabling policy environment for the improvement of public health. This has been done through the National Health Strategy (NHS) for Zimbabwe 2016-2020 and a robust HIV response strategy. The NHS seeks to achieve equity and quality in health.
Para 35) Government continues to strengthen its efforts to combat HIV/AIDS.
National Report Annex:
Government continues fighting HIV/AIDS through a robust HIV response strategy. The strategy includes domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) through an AIDS levy to ensure sustainability. The DRM is supplemented by donor support to the health sector through the Health Development Fund and the Global Fund, which secured over $400 million dollars for HIV related interventions.
The 2019 MICS revealed that among men and women between the ages 15-49 years, 77% and 88% of men and women respectively, have ever been tested for HIV in their lives. The proportion of those who have ever been tested and also knew their status was 75% among males and 87% among females. The 2019 MICS also showed that around 48% of males had an HIV test within the 12 months preceding the survey, and amongst women, 61% reported to having been tested during the same period. Nearly all of the males and females who were tested within the 12 months that preceded the 2019 MICS knew the results of their tests. The results of the 2019 MICS when compared with those from previous surveys show significant improvements in HIV testing among both males and females.
In the period between 2016 and 2018, an average of 92% of pregnant and lactating women were provided with HIV PMTCT services. In the same timeframe, the proportion of children born with HIV was 4%, 3% and 4% respectively. The total number of people who died from AIDS declined from 23 496, to 23 885 and 23 107 respectively.
The GoZ continues in its efforts to combat diseases. Especially malaria and HIV/AIDS.
Over the years, Zimbabwe has made significant gains in curbing the HIV/Aids pandemic, with the prevalence rate now around 11 percent from a high of around 25 percent. Zimbabwe also achieved the 2020 targets of ensuring that 90 percent of people living with HIV know their status, 90 percent of those who know their status are on ART and 90 percent of those on ART are virally suppressed. Development partners such as the Global Fund and other stakeholders have supported Government’s efforts. With continued support from development partners, considerable progress can be made towards ending HIV/Aids by 2030.
Zimbabwe has completed its National Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 focusing on investment in health and social protection among others, whilst protecting the gains achieved so far.
Local pharmaceutical firms currently produce only 12 percent of medicines consumed in the country. Measures by Government to help raise this low threshold include backing the pharmaceutical sector to increase local production through, for example, buying its products and importing less through the government-owned National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe.
A pharmaceutical manufacturing strategy for Zimbabwe (2021-2025), running under the theme, “Enhancing productivity and competitiveness of the Zimbabwe pharmaceutical industry”, was launched in June 2021. The strategy seeks to boost local production of pharmaceuticals. At the launch, Government assured the pharmaceutical companies that it would buy locally-produced consumables and not import what is produced locally.
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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:RejectedContents:Ratify the OP-CEDAWExplanationNoted. Does not enjoy the support of Zimbabwe. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:CzechiaCzechiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Eliminate discrimination, stigmatization and violence against persons based on their sexual orientation and gender identity and through public dialogue promote tolerance and culture of non-discriminationExplanationNoted.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 19) JS7 noted the existence of laws that discriminated against persons based on their real or imputed sexual orientation, including Section 78 of the Constitution, which restricts marriage rights to heterosexual relationships, Section 73 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which criminalises consensual same-sex sexual relations regardless of the age of the persons, and Section 14(1)(f) of the Immigration Act, which classifies “homosexuals” as prohibited persons. In addition, other laws which although were prima facie neutral, have been weaponised by law enforcement officials, including Section 41 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, on disorderly conduct and Section 46 of this Act on criminal nuisance. JS7 stated that the criminalization of consensual same-sex relations lay at the heart of the human rights violations perpetrated against LBGTI persons.
Para 20) Noting that in the previous review, recommendations relating to equality and nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression did not enjoy the support of Zimbabwe, JS1 stated that the current context characterised, inter alia, by poverty, unstable fiscal policies and religious fundamentalism, perpetuated stigma and discrimination against women and LGBTI persons.
Para 21) TIRZ stated that the criminalization of HIV transmission, consensual sex between adult males and sex work increased the stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV and LGBTI persons.
Para 22) JS7 noted the absence of legislation allowing for transgender persons to change their gender marker on their identification documents.
Para 73) JS9 stated that stigma and discrimination by health service providers denied transgender and intersex identifying persons their rights to health care. Additionally, the public health services did not provide affirming health services for transgender and intersex persons.
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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:N/AContents:"The Country has made progress in promoting the participation of women in politics and decision making. There are, for example, females in the following posts Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Senate, Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Judge President (2004–2009). [Para 80]" -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"According to ZHRO, another area of concern is the continued discrimination of sexual minorities. [Para 19]" -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:SOS CVZ stated that birth registration was not prioritized by parents and that the Births and Death Registration Act did not address this problem. The authorities should increase public awareness of the importance of, and process for, birth registration. [Para 27] -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW encouraged Zimbabwe to strengthen the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development by providing it with adequate human, financial and technical resources and to strengthen its impact assessment mechanisms so as to ensure that gender equality policies are properly monitored and evaluated and that their implementation is assessed. [Para 11] -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CRC and the CEDAW expressed concern about the restrictive abortion law and the lengthy procedures for authorizing abortions, which results in illegal and unsafe abortions. The CEDAW urged Zimbabwe to provide women with access to quality services for the management of complications arising from unsafe abortions and that it consider reviewing the law with a view to removing punitive provisions imposed on women who undergo abortions for unwanted pregnancies and review the procedures for the exceptions that are allowed by law. [Para 74] -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Contraception
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS2 stated that there was a surge in teenage pregnancies as a consequence of a lack of youth-friendly health services and a lack of access to safer sex commodities and birth control. [Para 70]
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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Domestic violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW ... recommended that Zimbabwe broaden the definition of perpetrators in the Domestic Violence Act to include those who may not be related to or living in the same household as the complainant, and that it engage with communities, including religious and community leaders, and parents and relatives of girls, on the criminal nature and negative impact of child marriage on the enjoyment by girls of their rights. [Para 26]
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State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Make progress regarding the necessary legislative measures to ensure the protection of the human rights of LGBTIQ+ people.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen its policies and measures to empower women and girls. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Take additional measures to prevent any form of violence and discrimination against women and girls, including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
- Forced marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Consider amending the provisions of the Marriage Act which permits child marriage, in line with the decision of the Constitutional Court. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
- Right to health
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen children's access to health services, particularly with regard to the HIV, Malaria and tuberculosis. -
State Under Review:ZimbabweZimbabweRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUSource Of Reference:NamibiaNamibiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to invest heavily in education at all levels, invest more in rural development where the majority of women live....Implementation"National Report: Para 53) In relation to issues of gender equality, section 27(2) of the Constitution states that the State must take measures to ensure that girls are afforded the same opportunities as boys to obtain education at all levels. While the 2014 Education Management Information System shows that gender parity has been achieved at primary and lower secondary levels, the participation rate for girls at upper secondary level is still at 44%. More girls are being encouraged to proceed to upper secondary level and beyond through interventions that address the problems that cause girls to drop out of school.
Para 86) The Broad Based Women Economic Empowerment Framework is being implemented and has resulted in an increase in women’s participation in economic sectors such as agriculture and mining. The Women’s Development Fund is in place and Government is working towards establishing a Women’s Bank to improve access to affordable finances by women and facilitate financial inclusion by decentralising the banking system."