Tag: UNFPA
16 Days of Activism Against Gender based Violence – A special focus on teen mums
The Covid 19 pandemic has wreaked unprecedented havoc in Zimbabwe especially on teenage girls.
Source: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender based Viole ...
Community initiative against GBV pays off
BY PHYLLIS MBANJE
GENDER-BASED violence (GBV) is a global vice that continues to threaten women and girls’ security and often leaves the survivors ...
Population, development conference underway in Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta
Roselyne Sachiti in Nairobi, Kenya
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) was of ...
Expectant mothers, children get relief
EXPECTING mothers and girl children are often forgotten during times of disasters such as tropical cyclones and floods, and they often end up bear ...
ED bemoans high maternal deaths
By Phyllis Mbanje
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed concern at the high number of women dying during childbirth and pledged government ...
Psychosocial support, safe spaces a stitch in time
Source: Psychosocial support, safe spaces a stitch in time | The Herald April 19, 2019
Psychosocial support is important as it helps individuals and ...
Child marriages in Zim: The elephant in the room
At 21, Tendai Matekenya is already a divorced mother of two having endured a seven-year abusive marriage.
By Moses mugugunyeki
Young expecti ...
Safe Shelter, a haven for violence survivors
TWO police officers man the gate at Safe Shelter in Hauna, Nyanga. There are a few structures dotted around the yard, looking almost ordinary, but beh ...
Government ringfences cancer budget
Rumbidzai Muparutsa
Government has spent $3 million on cervical cancer control and will ensure that allocations received from the Reserve Bank of Zim ...
Imprisoned GBV offenders to receive special rehab
MUTARE - Imprisoned gender-based violence offenders will soon be targeted for specialised rehabilitation in new interventions meant to rid the cou ...