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Period poverty exposes vulnerable girls to HIV

A top government health official has warned that continued lack of access to menstrual hygiene products for women and girls poses serious health and socio-economic consequences, including exposure to HIV and increased school drop-out rates…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:55hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter

6,000 teenagers were impregnated in Matebeleland South last year

Approximately 6,000 teenagers from Matebeleland South fell pregnant last year, with Beitbridge and Insiza districts recording the highest numbers, according to recent statistics. The province also documented 85,372 cases of female teenage …

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:52hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter

Girls shine in 2024 Zimsec A-level exams, outperform boys by 2.81%

Girls achieved a stellar performance in the November 2024 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Advanced Level exams, surpassing boys by 2.81% in the pass rate.The overall pass rate for the exams stood at 94.58%, a slight dip from …

Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:55hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter

5 girls from one family perish in horror crash

Five girls aged between 10 and 14, all from the same family, tragically lost their lives on Saturday after being struck by a vehicle that veered off the road near Bindura, along the Harare-Mukumbura Road. The accident occurred around 4 PM,…

Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:17hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter

Pupil caught with 40 girls' panties

A Gokomere High School pupil has left people tongue-tied after he was found in possession of more than 40 girls' underwear exiting the girls' hostel on September 10, 2023.Masvingo Provincial Education Director Shylatte Mhike said her offic…

Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 18:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Harmful practices rob girls of their rights

Zimbabwe has ratified various international conventions and declarations on gender equality in its effort to create an enabling environment for the attainment of equity and equality between women and men.These include the 1979 Committee on…

Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:58hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

'Girls abused, blinded by gifts'

MARRIED off at 15 years before eventually walking away, radio personality Ms Farai Magada has said many young girls are subjected to sexual abuse and suffer in silence just to be gifted with presents on Valentine's Day.As the world commemo…

Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Man axed to death over affair with underage girls allegation

A 22-year-old man from Esigodini in Matabeleland South Province died after being hit by an axe after accusing his attacker of having love affairs with underage girls.Matabeleland South Police provincial spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mang…

Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Boys suffer sexual abuse in silence'

A REPORT by Farm Orphans Support Trust (Fost) has revealed that boys also suffer sexual abuse, yet it was going unreported.The study was done in collaboration with the department of Social Development, the Zimbabwe National Council on the …

Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards

Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards.He said this as the nation celebrates the International Day Of The Girl Child with the inten…

Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

MP in sanitary pads project

CHIRUMANZU legislator Barbara Rwodzi (Zanu-PF) has introduced a sanitary wear manufacturing project in her constituency to benefit poor girls and women.Rwodzi told NewsDay that the constituency was in the process of acquiring machines for …

Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution

SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anything.The 17-year-old girl hoped that people in th…

Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Parly in heated debate over pregnant school girls

THE Education Amendment Bill, which is currently in its second reading stage in the National Assembly, has attracted heated debate on whether pregnant girls should be allowed to continue with class.Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfoli…

Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter

Empower the girl child through education

Some of our traditions and customs have left the girl child in catch-22 situations. It has long been viewed as correct and acceptable for a married man to flirt around with his wife's young sister. In some cases, even the elder sister can …

Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 20:32hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo Murisa

6 students pregnant: Ministry probes Founders High

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dispatched an investigating team to Founders High School in Bulawayo following a report that six boarders at the school have fallen pregnant.A source said someone from the school wrote an…

Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

How African parents teach girls to be gender slaves!

African parenting culture, doesn't exactly seem to be bosom friends with the feminine gender.A girl child in Africa, is widely considered a future property of her potential suitor, so the need to prepare her (at least marketable enough) fo…

Published: 10 May 2017 at 21:16hrs | 2 | by Nimi Princewill

1 in 10 African girls miss school because of menstruation

A number of small studies have been conducted in African countries on the effect of menstruation on girls' school attendance. But the situation across the continent remains unknown. We know for sure that 7 million South African girls don't…

Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 10:22hrs | | by Kate Wilkinson

Millions of girls remain out of school

The gender gap has narrowed, but progress is starting to stall Bright-eyed and clever, a young girl from a small village in Malawi shares her wish for a better life. From her confines, up early in the morning, cleaning and cooking, eating …

Published: 06 Jun 2015 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Franck Kuwonu

The plight of menstruating girls

Menstruation is a rite of passage which is received with mixed emotions. Some girls dread it. Others can't wait.For Zimbabwean adolescents, like in other African countries, this natural process can bring with it loads  of problems as …

Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Mary Taruvinga

Goblins attack secondary school girls

SUSPECTED goblins are reportedly disrupting lessons at St Sebastian Secondary School where they are reported to be attacking girls.The school is in Sigangatsha village under Chief Malaba, Matobo district in Matabeleland South province.The …

Published: 18 Feb 2012 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

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