Digital Generation. Our Generation- #International Day of The Girl Child
The strength, health and empowerment of the world’s girls is a matter for every single day of the year. The International Day of the Girl is an opportunity to recommit to this global imperative. Today’s girls are part of a digital generation. It is our responsibility to join with them in all their diversity, amplify […]
Education Ministry Gives 21,000 Schoolgirls Sanitary Wear
At least 21 400 schoolgirls from Mashonaland West province have so far received sanitary wear and soap tablets from the Government through the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry. Government has also availed over $15,8 million to the province towards the procurement and distribution of the second batch of sanitary wear. Over 58 900 primary school […]
International Day Of The Girl Child : My Voice, Our Equal Future
My Voice, Our Equal Future Progress for adolescent girls has not kept pace with the realities they face today, and COVID-19 has reinforced many of these gaps. This year, under the theme, “My Voice, Our Equal Future”, let’s seize the opportunity to be inspired by what adolescent girls see as the change they want, the solutions- big and […]
Congo Officials Vow To Tackle Child Labour At Mines As Virus Threatens Spike
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo’s southeastern mining heartland are boosting efforts to tackle child labour amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic could drive more families to put their children to work in mines, officials said. Congo is Africa’s main producer of copper and the top global source of cobalt, accounting for two-thirds of global […]
Kenya: Teenage Pregnancy Driving 10,000 Girls Out of School Annually
Cases of teenage pregnancy in the country have remained unchanged with as many as 10,000 girls dropping out of school every year. The latest Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2014 paints a gloomy picture of teenage pregnancy and motherhood situation in Kenya. It shows that one in every 5 teenage girls between the ages […]
RAL, OHCHR Launch Partnership Project To Abolish FGM
Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) in collaboration with the office of the High Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) on July 10, 2019, launched a partnership project aimed at reviewing recommendations Liberia accepted under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to abolished, among other practice the female genital mutilation (FGM). But one of the speakers interestingly raised concerned […]
Outrage In Kenya Over Rise In Teenage Pregnancies
More than 11,000 girls in primary and secondary schools got pregnant last year, the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education show. The data shows that, out of the 11,950 girls who fell pregnant, 2,885 of them were in primary school while 9,065 were secondary school students. ALARMING Bungoma tops the list of counties with […]
Five Years After Chibok…
The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls on April 14, 2014, from their school in northeastern Nigeria sparked an global outcry and the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign Five years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram, freed Chibok girls have nightmares about their 100 missing classmates and are burdened by guilt for surviving, while shielding parents of […]
Rape Of Toddler Sparks Protests, Clashes In Indian Kashmir
Some protesters said they no longer had faith in authorities to keep women and girls safe Thousands of people took to the streets of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday to demand the death penalty for a man who raped a 3-year-old girl, amid growing anger over sexual violence in the troubled Himalayan region. Dozens of people […]
Report Exposes Rampant Sexual Abuse At Monte Cassino Girls In Zimbabwe
An investigation by the education ministry into complaints raised by pupils at Monte Cassino Girls High has exposed rampant sexual harassment of the girls by both male and female teachers. Monte Cassino is a Roman Catholic Church girls only boarding school in Macheke, well-known for producing high achieving pupils. However, the school has been under […]
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