child marriage

A 42-year-old man from Gweru has been arrested for “marrying” a 15-year-old girl from Birchenough Bridge.
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Fifteen-year-old Lizwe (not her real name) dropped out of school just before her grade seven examinations
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Children as young as nine years of age are registering for maternity services, something that exposes how Zimbabwean communities continue to allow the abuse of the girl child to go unreported.
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By Patrick Chitumba A woman (44) has been jailed for five months for forcing her daughter (15) into marriage on grounds that she wanted someone to look after the minor. A Shurugwi magistrate also sent the man (40) who had married the…
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The Gambia and Tanzania have banned child marriage, with tough penalties for those who breach the rulings.  Gambia's President Yayha Jammeh announced that anyone marrying a girl below 18 would be jailed for up to 20 years. In…
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By Tatenda Gapare and Lungile Tshuma A 60-YEAR-OLD polygamous businessman from Silalatshani in Insiza District has caused a stir in the area after he “married” a 15-year-old girl and vowed that only death could separate them. The…
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In what appears to be an intensification of early child marriages in Mutoko’s troubled resettlement area of Hoyuyu, 3 girls who had just collected their grade seven results got married to young adults who are in their late 20s.
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Thembi Kumire a mother of two in Chiweshe communal lands is a victim of the child marriage which she was forced to enter because of her religion and beliefs.
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