Proud MWL students present their field work results through acting and poems. Photo: Cecilie Butenschøn Mariri

The small steps that can change the world

News and events // Last updated: 20/06/2011 //

The politicizing and violent security sector has been a worrying factor in Zimbabwe since around 2000. An important part of the making of a new constitution as part of the roadmap of the Global Political Agreement is a reform in the security sector. Norway has supported the work for women’s rights in the mainly masculine police and legal system since 1990. Since then both men and women from all...

Participant checking out the local governance checklist provided by the Women's Trust.
Photo: The Women's Trust.

News and events // Last updated: 26/05/2011 //

Holdninger til kvinnelig deltakelse i politiske forum har fremdeles en lang vei å gå i Zimbabwe. Men gjennom ”Women leadership and governance programme” har organisasjonen The Women’s Trust arrangert workshops for menn og kvinner i lokaldemokratiet. Målet er at de bedre skal ta vare på kvinner i sentrale roller i lokalpolitikken, men også heve fokuset til hvordan likestillingsspørsmål må...

Bibi Tanga and the Selenites with Zimbabwean artist Outspoken.
Photo: HIFA.

News and events // Last updated: 02/05/2011 //

This year the overall theme of the Harare International Festival of Arts (HIFA) was “engage”. Through engagement the festival wanted to emphasise on putting differences aside and get together in arts and celebrate. The broad cultural differences were mixed together with concerts ranging from opera and classical to house-dj’s and edgy rock, mixed with contemporary dancing and theatre shows.

Culture: Ibsen through African eyes

News and events // Last updated: 12/10/2009 //

IBSEN THROUGH AFRICAN EYES The year 2006 marked the 100 th anniversary of the death of the famous Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen. During the commemoration short extracts from Ibsen's plays were performed and "A Doll's House" became very popular with students as well as government educaction officials who recommended that Ibsen be introduced into the school education curriculum. The...

News and events // Last updated: 06/05/2011 //

Norway has been the only contributor to the Southern and Eastern African Regional Centre for Women’s Law at the University of Zimbabwe (SEARCWL-UZ) since 1990, as part of the Norwegian Government's women and equality policies. Every year the Master students at the SEARCWL-UZ go on a field trip for research for their Master Degree. As part of the result of the 2011 Field trip to Gweru they put...

From the left: Mr. Fernando Arroyo - OCHA Head of Office, ERF Board Member Dr. Custódia Mandlhate - WHO Resident representantive, Zimbabwe, ERF Board Member Mr. Alain Noudehou - UN Resident and Humanitarian Co-ordinator, Zimbabwe and the Norwegian Ambassador Ingebjørg Støfring.
Photo: Marit Flinder Johannessen.

News and events // Last updated: 25/03/2011 //

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) arranged a round table the 24th of March. The object of the meeting was to put focus on the increased need for funding for the Emergency Relief Fund (ERF). Participants around the table were representatives from the ERF Board, Humanitarian Country Team, national and international NGOs that have received funding and finall...

Distribution of school books in Zimbabwe, with support from Norway, UN and other international donors

News and events // Last updated: 14/09/2010 //

Education Transition Fund (EDT), a Government and donor partnership, was initiated a year ago with the aim of mobilizing resources for the education sector in Zimbabwe. Officially launching the ETF textbook distribution in Harare on the 8 th September, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the project was testimony to the importance of partnerships. Norwegian Ambassador Gunnar Føreland,...

The small steps that can change the world

Mannlige beslutningstakere og byråkrater på skolebenken for å få flere kvinner inn i beslutnigsfora

HIFA - engage through arts

Culture: Ibsen through African eyes

Women's rights research presentation at SEARCWL at University of Zimbabwe

OCHA Emergency Relief Fund Special Event

Distribution of school books in Zimbabwe, with support from Norway, UN and other international donors

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Harare