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Topic : Adolescent Girls

Education ministry commends SAGE project for supporting girls

“I must say, these findings have come at a very opportune time when the ministry is looking at reviewing our competence-based curriculum.”

By Harriet Chikandiwa Jun. 29, 2023

Education ministry commends SAGE project for supporting girls

64% Zim girls, women malnourished: Unicef

Many adolescent girls and women, especially those from poorer households and living in rural areas, are not consuming nutritious food, Unicef has noted.

By Emma Nhancumba Mar. 13, 2023

64% Zim girls, women malnourished: Unicef

Feature: Poverty pushes underage girls to sex work

In 2015, sex workers got relief after a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court that a woman could not be arrested for soliciting sex by merely being in a bar or nightclub.

By IPS Mar. 3, 2023

Feature: Poverty pushes underage girls to sex work

Ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young Zim women

But there is a method for adolescent girls and young women to protect themselves from HIV without having to convince a partner to use a condom at the time of sex. Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a pill containing antiretroviral drugs that can help prevent HIV. If taken consistently, PrEP can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection by about 99%.

By The Southern Eye Jul. 21, 2022

Ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young Zim women

ICT boon: The case of vulnerable children during Covid-19 pandemic

“All hope was lost but I met someone who facilitated my move to join the Dreams project,” said Makarange.

By The Southern Eye Apr. 17, 2022

ICT boon: The case of vulnerable children during Covid-19 pandemic

“All hope was lost but I met someone who facilitated my move to join the Dreams project,” said Makarange.

By The Southern Eye Apr. 17, 2022

Sista2Sista programme saving women: Saving communities

By Tadiwa Nyatanga We recently shared an article on the Brotha2Brotha programme, an intervention aimed at preventing the spread of HIV in young men. For Adolescent Girls and Young Women, there is the Sista2Sista (S2S) programme whose aim is to enhance the self-efficacy of young women to access and utilise integrated HIV prevention, sexual and […]

By The Southern Eye Aug. 15, 2021