Ratify laws to end child marriages, Zim urged
The amplified calls were made through a statement by Equality Now during the 45th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and
By Lorraine Muromo
Apr. 15, 2025
‘Bring back pregnant girls to school’
In 2020, Zimbabwe amended the Education Amendment Act to prohibit the exclusion of learners based on non-payment of fees and pregnancy.
By Lorraine Muromo
Jun. 7, 2024
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By The Watcher
May. 4, 2024
Music has ability to shape vocabulary
Street lingo exudes a unique form of expression and music gives people freedom to interpret it in ways they understand.
By Sharon Zebra
Mar. 6, 2024
VillageRhapsody: Women's vulnerability to climate change often overlooked
Women’s land rights have a wide-reaching impact on food security, eliminating hunger and poverty, reducing gender-based violence, and on tackling climate change.
By Evans Mathanda
Dec. 31, 2023
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Zim home to 1m child brides: Unicef
A landmark 2016 Constitutional Court judgment declared child marriages unconstitutional and set 18 years as the minimum age for girls and boys to consent to marriage.
By Sharon Buwerimwe
Oct. 5, 2023
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Shock rise in HIV+ teens
The gap lies in resourcing the level of scale-up needed and investing in additional measures to promote uptake in vulnerable and marginalised groups.
By Vanessa Gonye
Sep. 14, 2023
‘MPs must advocate for stiffer penalties for child marriage offenders’
MPs had demanded that Parliament should do something to protect the girl child from early marriage during a sitting last week.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
May. 24, 2023
‘Climate change shocks, hunger fuelling child marriages in Zim’
Available statistics indicate that child marriages are rampant in the country, with% 34% of girls getting married before the age of 18 and 5% before they turn 15.
By Lorraine Muromo
May. 6, 2023
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Mnangagwa, Chivayo raise eyebrows again
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By Nqobani Ndlovu and Silas Nkala
Apr. 27, 2025
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Residents’ clash with business mogul unravels a decade of deceit and land scandals in Chitungwiza
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Apr. 27, 2025
