Zambia:   Kansanshi Educates Mize Celebrants On GBV

Times of Zambia, 21 September 2015

FIRST Quantum Minerals-Kansanshi Mining Plc carried out a successful education campaign against gender-based violence (GBV) and early marriages at this year's Likumbi Lya Mize… Read more »

Zambia:   South Chiefs Nod First Lady's Works

Times of Zambia, 15 September 2015

THE Royal Foundation of Chiefs in Southern Province has backed First Lady Esther Lungu's charitable works and has urged her to remain committed to uplifting the welfare of… Read more »

Zambia:   Pupils' Act Leaves First Lady in Tears

Times of Zambia, 10 September 2015

First Lady Esther Lungu drew emotions at a school in Mumbwa as she shed tears over touching poems delivered by pupils depicting the grave effects of child marriages and… Read more »

Zambia:   Better Sanitation Key to Save Girls from Early Marriage, Skipping School

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 8 September 2015

When 15-year-old Mellan Chansa started menstruating, her biggest fears while venturing into the bush to change her sanitary towel were snakes and peeping boys. Read more »

Zambia:   Pact On Teen Pregnancies Good

Times of Zambia, 7 September 2015

Zambia has been grappling with the thorny issue of teenage pregnancies and early marriages for a long time now. Read more »

Zambia:   East Chiefs Fight Child Marriages

Times of Zambia, 22 August 2015

TWO Chiefs in Eastern Province have pledged to eradicate child marriages and other forms of gender based violence in their chiefdoms. Read more »

Zambia:   NGOCC Courts Chiefs On Early Marriages

Times of Zambia, 2 August 2015

The non- Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) in Southern Province has urged traditional leaders to take an active role to stop child marriages. Read more »

Southern Africa:   We Must End Child Marriages in SADC - Katjavivi

New Era, 16 July 2015

Southern African parliamentarians have endorsed a call to end child marriage in sub-Saharan countries at the 37th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, which ended in… Read more »

Zambia:   'Fight Child Marriages, Prosititution'

Times of Zambia, 9 July 2015

The Livingstone HIV/AIDS Coordinating Adviser (DACA) has called for increased efforts in fighting cases of child marriages and child prostitution. Read more »

Southern Africa:   SADC Law On Child Marriages On Cards

New Era, 24 June 2015

The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) has mobilised financial and technical resources to develop a SADC Model Law on Child Marriage as SADC Member States raise the ante against… Read more »

Southern Africa:   SADC Child Marriage Model Law On Cards

The Herald, 24 June 2015

The SADC Parliamentary Forum has mobilised financial and technical resources to develop a Sadc Model Law on Child Marriage as Sadc Member States raise the ante against the scourge… Read more »

Zambia:   Sexual, Reproductive Services Elude Youths

Times of Zambia, 22 June 2015

It is said that health is wealth. But for the marginalised and vulnerable groups, access to health care services remains a pipedream if not a nightmare. Read more »

Zambia:   Teen Pregnancy Nightmare

Times of Zambia, 20 June 2015

STATISTICS indicate that more than 16,000 girls last year dropped out of school on account of teenage pregnancies and adolescent marriages. Read more »

Zambia:   Agony of a Teen Mother

Times of Zambia, 20 June 2015

A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD mother in Livingstone is struggling to provide for her four other siblings and her child. Read more »