‘One out of four pregnancies involves juveniles’
Shamwari yeMwanasikana programmes co-ordinator Esnara Kativhu said they responded to a number of cases of teenage pregnancies.
By Vanessa Gonye
Feb. 13, 2024
Young women, girls suffer in inheritance disputes
Chifamba said desperation also exposed the young women and girls to child trafficking syndicates, some involving their relatives.
By Nhau Mangirazi
Dec. 30, 2023
Greedy in-laws disinherit children: Rights groups
Padare programmes officer, Meseli Nyoni, said there was a need to ensure that minor children are not disinherited.
By Nhau Mangirazi
Dec. 28, 2023
Bullying should be stopped: CSO
She said the organisation was training teachers and parents’ committees and children to be each other’s keepers, adding that peer support was vital in reducing bullying in schools.
By Lorraine Muromo
Dec. 14, 2023
Water challenges push Harare women to brink of poverty
This came to light on the sidelines of the Borehole Diaries, an event hosted by Shamwari YeMwanasikana at various Chitungwiza water collection points.
By Lorraine Muromo
Dec. 4, 2023
Climate change shocks fuel period poverty
Many young women have had to survive the challenges of period poverty through green skilling initiatives and climate change adaptation.
By Lorraine Muromo
Nov. 6, 2023
Nurse recruitment bottlenecks handicap women
Statistics show that the female-to-male nurse ratio is almost 80% to 20%.
By Silence Mugadzaweta
Jan. 15, 2023
Another teenager dies giving birth at shrine
Analysts blamed incidences of early child marriages on failure by authorities to arrest culprits, mainly in the apostolic sects where the practice is rife.
By Sharon Buwerimwe and Lorraine Muromo
Oct. 8, 2022
