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Rugby Saving School Girls From Child Marriage in Rural Zimbabwe

Covid-19 has upended the lives of many children and their families alike, with migratory efforts such as lockdowns resulting in countrywide school closures, affecting children's routines and support systems. Pandemic control measures that do not account for the gender-specific needs and vulnerabilities of young women and girls may increase their risk of sexual exploitation, including child marriage. But in eastern Zimbabwe, five years after girls started playing rugby, several have represented the country in the sport, and many more credit it with saving them from becoming child brides in a nation where early marriage remains common despite being outlawed in 2016.

Zimbabwe: Rugby Saves Rural School Girls From Child Marriage

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 October 2020

Catherine Muranganwa, whose two sisters were married before they turned 18, says the sport opened her eyes to different possibilities Read more »
Zimbabwe: Child Marriages Surge in Zimbabwe - Plan International

New Zimbabwe, 24 September 2020

MUTARE: Cases of girls being married under the age of 15 have surged from 4.9% to 5.4% in 2019, statistics released by Plan International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO)… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Girls Vulnerable As Covid-19 Drives Child Marriages

Gender Links, 20 July 2020

Covid-19 has upended the lives of many children and their families alike, with migratory efforts such lock downs resulting in countrywide school closures, affecting children's… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Urged to Align Child Marriage Laws

263Chat, 4 February 2020

Seven years after outlawing child marriages under the new constitution, government is still retaining laws which are fueling child marriages and teenage pregnancies, civic society… Read more »

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Farai Shawn Matiashe/ Thomson Reuters Foundation

Sahumani Secondary rugby team coach Patricia Mukunike-Chakanya is throwing the ball at Cathrine Muranganwa lifted by Trish Kandemiri and Velme Nyarumwe during a line-out at Sahumani Secondary, Honde Valley, September 11 2020.