‘Bring back pregnant girls to school’
In 2020, Zimbabwe amended the Education Amendment Act to prohibit the exclusion of learners based on non-payment of fees and pregnancy.
By Lorraine Muromo
Jun. 7, 2024
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By The Watcher
May. 4, 2024
Hundreds of marriage certificates invalid
While the law itself has been updated, the physical marriage certificates have not, meaning that couples are unknowingly holding onto documents that incorrectly cite “Chapter 5:11” of the act.
By Problem Masau
Mar. 22, 2024
A legal perspective on women’s marriage rights
Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution addressed women’s rights and gender equality and its Bill of Rights addresses damaging cultural and discriminatory practices.
By Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Mar. 8, 2024
Music has ability to shape vocabulary
Street lingo exudes a unique form of expression and music gives people freedom to interpret it in ways they understand.
By Sharon Zebra
Mar. 6, 2024
VillageRhapsody: Women's vulnerability to climate change often overlooked
Women’s land rights have a wide-reaching impact on food security, eliminating hunger and poverty, reducing gender-based violence, and on tackling climate change.
By Evans Mathanda
Dec. 31, 2023
500 men receive GBV counselling
The Marriages Act Chapter 5:17 outlawed child marriages by pegging the age of marriage at 18 and criminalised child marriages.
By Sharon Zebra
Dec. 9, 2023
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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
