Children

Child marriages remain a major challenge in SADC

Child marriages remain a major challenge in SADC

Dr Makanatsa Makonese, Harare, 11 October: There has been a flurry of legal battles to end child marriages in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region over the past few […]

October 11, 2020 Themes: Children | Reproductive health | Young Women Programs: GL Commentary Service | News

Girls’ vulnerable as COVID-19 drives child marriages

Girls’ vulnerable as COVID-19 drives child marriages

By Andile Tshuma, Bulawayo, 20 July: Covid-19 has upended the lives of many children and their families alike, with migratory efforts such lock downs resulting in countrywide school closures, affecting […]

Violences en période de confinement

Violences en période de confinement

Violences en période de confinement : les victimes ont peu d’espoir pour que justice soit rendu By Fehizora Rafalimanana,  Antananarivo, 17 July: Depuis mi-mai, le déconfinement est progressif à Madagascar malgré […]

COVID-19 exposed girls in Tanzania to FGM

COVID-19 exposed girls in Tanzania to FGM

By Anne Robi, Dar es Salaam, 22 June: When Agnes (Not her real Name) heard of the school closure amid the outbreak of COVID 19, she felt uneasy going home, […]

School closure exposing girls to child marriage

School closure exposing girls to child marriage

By Charles Pensulo, Blantyre, 6 July: Mary Phiri was due to write her final primary school examination earlier this year. She was, however, surprised when her teachers told them that […]

Impact du Covid-19 sur la protection de l’enfant

Impact du Covid-19 sur la protection de l’enfant

By Vonona Rakotondratsimba, Antananarivo,3 July: 55 cas de viols ont été enregistrés auprès du Centre Vonjy, sis au Centre hospitalier universitaire de gynécologie-obstétrique de Befelatanana (CHU-GOB), en Mai 2020. Comparé aux statistiques […]

Child marriages continue to threaten girls’ future

Child marriages continue to threaten girls’ future

By ‘Makuena Linake, Maseru, 30 June: – Arranged child marriages continue to occur in the Thaba Tseka district despite the call by the government for the practice to come to […]

Les patients atteints du VIH-SIDA sont parmi les plus vulnérables en cette période d’urgence sanitaire.

Les patients atteints du VIH-SIDA sont parmi les plus vulnérables en cette période d’urgence sanitaire.

By Vonjy Arisoa Antananarivo, 24 June: Les patients atteints du VIH-SIDA sont parmi les plus vulnérables en cette période d’urgence sanitaire. Selon les faits mondiaux, l’interruption des médicaments de ces […]

Home learning measures leaving girls behind

Home learning measures leaving girls behind

By Glory Mushinge, Lusaka,17 June: The COVID 19 partial lockdown-induced home-learning, might be disadvantaging female students and may ultimately prevent them from attaining economic justice. This is because of a […]

Lets not forget teenage mothers in COVID crisis

Lets not forget teenage mothers in COVID crisis

By Rose Milanzi, Lilongwe 15 May:  While various sectors of the Malawian society has been affected by the novel coronavirus, single and teen mothers are also suffering in the country […]