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WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni yesterday said government was making strides towards ending sexual abuse of young girls and child marriages.

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MORE than 1 000 workers were saved from unemployment, while over 300 new jobs were created in the small to medium enterprises sector over the last

By Staff Reporter SMALL to Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni says only 6 % Zimbabweans were currently unemployed, contradicting wide claims that the country’s unemployment rate was hovering above 90%. Faced with an economic collapse, few economic options and a bleak future since the turn of the millennium, a lot of Zimbabweans left the country in search of employment opportunities. A giant population that was still brave to remain within the country’s borders is now into self-hel...

Zimbabwe: First Lady Praises Teams for National Dress Designs Zimbabwe: First Lady Praises Teams for National Dress Designs 2 hours ago By Tendai Rupapa The national dress plays a symbolic role in the preservation of national values, culture and identity, as seen yesterday during the provincial launch of the national fabric spearheaded by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa. Unlike other countries in the region, Zimbabwe was among the few without their national dress, hence the First Lady’s interv...

By Bulawayo Correspondent ZAPU will Saturday hold its National People’s Council (NPC) meeting where the proposed recall from Parliament of former senior party members who are now Zanu PF MPs will be top of the agenda. The targeted officials are Simon Khaya Moyo, Cain Mathema and Sithembiso Nyoni. The three remained in Zanu PF when some former PF Zapu officials in 2008 dumped the 1987 unity accord between the former liberation war movements to revive the latter. Moyo is the current Zanu PF nat...

2021-03-13 09:55:33 GMT2021-03-13 17:55:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Tafara Mugwara HARARE, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A sharp increase in teen pregnancies and child marriages has been reported in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 lockdown, with at least 4,959 girls falling pregnant, and 1,174 cases of child marriages being recorded between January and February 5 this year. A prolonged lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic has seen children going for months without attending school, exacer...

Zimbabwe: ‘Covid-19 Increases Inequalities and Violence Against Women and Girls’ 4 weeks ago By Anna Chibamu The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened gender inequalities as women and girls continue to bear the brunt of unpaid labour, while being disproportionately at risk of violence compared to their male counterparts. As the country celebrates International Women’s Day this Monday, the Zimbabwe Spotlight Initiative reports that the pandemic has cast a pall on the progress made in achieving g...

By Staff Reporter AT LEAST 4 959 teenagers fell pregnant while there were 1 774 child marriages recorded between January and February this year. This was revealed in parliament Thursday by Women Affairs Minister Sithembiso Nyoni while presenting her report on the level of public service delivery related to sexual and gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic in the National Assembly Thursday. Between January and February 5, 2021, minister Nyoni said, there were 4 959 teenage pregnancie...

By Anna Chibamu THE Covid-19 pandemic has worsened gender inequalities as women and girls continue to bear the brunt of unpaid labour, while being disproportionately at risk of violence compared to their male counterparts. As the country celebrates International Women’s Day this Monday, the Zimbabwe Spotlight Initiative reports that the pandemic has cast a pall on the progress made in achieving gender equality by 2030 in Zimbabwe as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Covid -...