A SPIKE in the prevalence of child marriages attributed to an influx of artisanal miners has jerked the community of Chinhoyi ...
The Herald (Top Stories) Mashudu Netsianda and Judith Phiri The High Court of Zimbabwe received 3 989 divorce applications between January and December last year, marking a 27 percent increase from ...
It was during an afternoon in June 2025 that Monija Khatun, a student in class 11, decided to dial the helpline number 1098. She was reporting the wedding of a 14-year-old classmate that had been ...
THE government has issued a chilling warning against excessive physical violence on children in the name of instituting disciplinary measures. The backlash comes on the back of a viral social media ...
The story so far: The Union government marked the first anniversary of its Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyan earlier this month with a 100-day awareness campaign for a country free of child marriage, as ...
CO-PARENTING has quietly become a defining feature of the modern Zimbabwean family.Once rare and whispered about, it is now ...
In the fishing villages along Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, near the border with Zambia, everyday routines that should be ...
The New Juaben Traditional Area in the Eastern Region has taken a decisive stand against adolescent pregnancy and child marriage, declaring a commitment to end harmful practices during a colourful ...
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A nation failing its girls

Statistics show that 1 in 3 girls in Zimbabwe are married off before the age of 18; nearly 1 in 4 of all school dropouts are ...
Source: Uniform rip-offs, overcrowding draw Minister’s rebuke | The Herald (Top Stories) Lovemore Kadzura Post Reporter PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister, Honourable Torerai Moyo, has issued a ...
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At 16, she has had 4 pregnancies

In fact, she has had four pregnancies so far — two of those terminated, one a child and the other one at five months, halfway to delivering a second child. The uncertainty adds an additional layer of ...
What is child marriage in Ghana? What has been the prevalent cause of people who marry before the age of eighteen (18)? What best practices under international law ensure maximum protection of ...