A local traditional leader is spearheading an ambitious campaign to end child marriage blending customary authority, religious influence and national law in what he calls a strategy of cultural intelligence. Chief Bushu from Mashonaland Central says protecting children particularly girls from early marriage has become his
The Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) was launched by the UK in 2012 as a 12 year commitment to reach the most marginalized girls in the world and is the largest global fund dedicated to girls’
Poverty and drought have been cited as the major drivers of child marriages in Chipinge as early marriages continue to ruin young girls’ future. Chipinge, one of the country’s hot-spots in terms of women and child rights abuse has had successive droughts since 2005 and this
Stanbic Bank of Zimbabwe together with Plan International officially launched the building of a maternal waiting home at Nyamuzuva Rural Hospital in Mutoko yesterday donating US$100 000 towards the construction of the home
Desire Kufakwedeke (25) from Mutoko could not hide her excitement at being re-united with the organisation that transformed her life and that of her entire family. In her conversations with friends and anyone who cares to listen, she always speak glowingly about Plan International- a humanitarian
It takes real men to be responsible as the saying goes. With early child marriage becoming a daily dosage for local tabloids, there is need to involve men in the fight against this heinous practice. Men have been urged to respect and take responsibility for the
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