Staff Writer
The Nhimbe Trust and Music Crossroads Zimbabwe Trust (MCZT) are collaborating to monitor and informing national policymaking on decent work.
The trust which is an international creative civil society organisation working at the intersection of cultural rights and sustainable development goals supports the development of creatives while protecting their rights and supporting the countries and communities hosting them.
Music Crossroads, a youth empowerment initiative that uses music as a tool for development.
Over the years, the two organisations collaborated on a number of technical areas, including the hosting of a national workshop on artistic freedoms and decent work.
Key areas of joint work include the operationalisation of global normative frameworks to guide stakeholders in ensuring inclusive and equal treatment in access to decent work and livelihoods, as well as ensuring support to local communities.
Also protecting the fundamental rights of musicians through practical measures on the ground.
“Nhimbe Trust is committed to supporting music decent work rights through the MUDEWO Global Reports,” said Josh Nyapimbi, Nhimbe Trust executive director.
“We endeavour to make the MUDEWO Global Reports become a reference point for the international community and helping to advocate for policy reform processes. At a time when musicians are experiencing complex COVID-induced decent work rights violations, we need to stand firm and uphold their rights.”
Music Crossroads director Melody Zambuko said” “While the Music Crossroads Zimbabwe Trust, through their main flagship music education program, the Music Crossroads Academy, has been focusing on music business development in Zimbabwe, it has become apparent that the aforementioned goal can never be achieved in the context of stifled working contexts for creatives hence our decision to strongly be active in upholding music decent work rights.”
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