Human Settlements Policy Validation

Stephen Margolis, Harare - August 15, 2019

The CFHD in collaboration with IOM and UNDP conducted a validation workshop on the Human Settlement Policy at Steven Margolis on the 15^th of August 2019. The validation workshop sought to bring together stakeholders from several ministries and institutions to discuss and review the human settlement policy draft before it is finalized and taken through the various stages of approval by the Cabinet. Representatives from Mashonaland East, West and Central, Matebelaland North and South, Midlands, Manicaland, Harare and Bulawayo provinces attended the workshop. The workshop was officially opened by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing. 123 participants (92 males and 31 females) attended the workshop.

The main objective of the workshop was to create a broader dialogue platform for the review and validation of the Zimbabwe Human Settlement Policy to be able to identify gaps and articulate issues of human rights protection, social inclusion, IDPs and gender equality based on stakeholder experiences and field lessons by IOM and its partners for an informed Human Settlement Policy in Zimbabwe.