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SRHR experts call for enforcement of laws against child marriages
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) experts are calling for increased awareness and stricter enforcement of legislation to address teenage…
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Gender Commission probes 500 child marriages and sexual exploitation cases
Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says it received and investigated over 500 cases of child marriages and sexual exploitation in 2022…
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‘Men who marry underage girls are rapists’
Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda has stated that men who marry minors should be treated as rapists. Deliberating in the August House…
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Child marriages still rampant in Zim
Child marriages remain rampant in the country, a recently published Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) 2022 Population and Housing Census…
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Ending child marriages needs behavioural change
Ending child marriage in Zimbabwe and protecting girls against the negative consequences of early marriage needs more than legislation and…
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Post Covid-19 era to be plagued with child marriages: experts
The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic will likely cause an increase in the number of child marriages in some third…
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Govt urged to tighten the law against child marriages
Apostolic sects in Zimbabwe have been urged to adopt the United Nations Faith for Human Rights Framework guideline in order…
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U.N. calls for end to child marriages, pushes for justice for girl (14) who died after giving birth
The United Nations (UN) Zimbabwe has urged the Government to fast track the adoption of the Marriage Bill, which outlaws…
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