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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
Political will needed to fight child marriages
Zimbabwe has in the past years recorded a surge in child marriages which is rife in the apostolic sects.
By Newsday
Jan. 6, 2023
Early marriage and its devastating effects
Their parents passed away, and at 15, Elizabeth had already started engaging in sex work in order to earn a living.
By Tafadzwa Mwanengureni
Dec. 29, 2022
Child marriages rampant in farm compounds
Speaking at Matoranhembe High School during the launch, Gumbochuma said economic and cultural challenges were fuelling cases of child marriages in farming compounds.
By Varaidzo Mudewairi
Dec. 18, 2022
Anti-child marriages campaign launched
The launch, which is supported by the Swedish embassy, is themed Give Her a Chance and seeks to demystify the causes of child marriages and come up with solutions.
By Lorraine Muromo
Dec. 1, 2022
Child marriages worry Sadc
This came out during discussions on the Sadc model law on eradicating child marriages, currently on-going in Harare.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Nov. 2, 2022
