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Girls warned against visiting 'prophets' alone

The Zimbabwe Association of Church Related Hospitals (ZACH) has raised alarm over a growing trend of sexual abuse involving self-proclaimed prophets, warning gi

Published: 27 Oct 2025 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

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

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

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 | | 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

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

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