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23 May 2017
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Restoring "Hope, healing, and dignity” for women living with fistula requires all our commitment
In all the years I have worked in the development community there is not one issue that touches my heart more than the problem of obstetric fistula from Senegal to Madagascar,…
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23 May 2017
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Hope, healing & dignity restored for child marriage survivor
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, 23 May, 2017 – Nyasha Musandu (15 – name changed to protect identity) was just 12 years old when she was forced into child marriage. At…
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19 May 2017
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Student Resource Centre important model in harnessing Zimbabwe's Demographic Dividend
Midlands State University, 19 May – "There are many problems we face on campus as students; some of my friends have had problems with drug abuse, abortions…
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07 April 2017
Let's Talk: Creating safe spaces for young women in Zimbabwe
Marvellous Zendera (22) was at risk of taking her own life through depression and despair following an abusive polygamous marriage, finding herself alone with a young baby to…
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10 March 2017
Press Release
Launch of the National Teenage Fertility Study & ASRH Strategy
St. Albert’s Mission Hospital, 10 March – The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), today launched the findings from the…
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23 February 2017
Swedish State Secretary visits Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe – Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation Ms. Ulrika Modéer has pledged commitment to support the Sexual Reproductive Health…
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06 February 2017
Statement
The world must make faster progress to end female genital mutilation by 2030
Joint message from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital…
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17 January 2017
Living positively in Zimbabwe
MASVINGO, Zimbabwe – Two years ago, Evermore left school at the age of 14 to marry a 23-year-old man. Her marriage quickly deteriorated to the point of her husband beating…
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10 December 2016
'Girls' club turned our lives around'
Ejected from home by her family at the tender age of 17, Precious Hove found herself forced into an early marriage in a strange community. With nothing to her name, she was…
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