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Zimbabwe: Traditional Beliefs Perpetuating Girl Child Marriages - Gender Commission Boss
New Zimbabwe, 24 December 2019
TRADITIONAL beliefs in Zimbabwean societies are perpetuating girl child marriages, Zimbabwe Gender Commission Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Muwanigwa has said. Read more »
Traditional Beliefs Preserving Girl-Child Marriages in Zimbabwe?
Traditional beliefs in society are perpetuating girl-child marriages, Zimbabwe Gender Commission Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Muwanigwa has said. This comes after a ZimStats 2019 survey report found that 33.7% of girls were married or in union before they turned 18 years, compared to 1.9% of boys in the same age group.
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Zimbabwe: More Needs to Be Done On Child Marriage - Minister Nyoni
263Chat, 28 November 2019
The Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development has called for more action to eliminate the scourge of child marriages which remains a major… Read more »
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Child marriage remains prevalent across the continent - mostly driven by gender inequality, poverty, patriarchal traditions and the precarious socio-economic position of women, ... Read more »
