Zimbabwe
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
National Partnerships and Coalitions in Zimbabwe
In this country we have a national partnership. Many Girls Not Brides member organisations have come together to accelerate progress to end child marriage in their countries by forming National Partnerships and coalitions. Below is an overview of what and where these networks are, what they do and how they work with Girls Not Brides.
Content featuring Zimbabwe
Press release
Reviewing progress on the SADC Model Law to end child marriage across 16 countries
Zimbabwe urged to deliver justice for Memory Machaya
Report
Child Marriage: A Mapping of Programmes and Partners in Twelve Countries in East and Southern Africa
This is a mapping of programmes and partnerships that seek to address child marriage in East and Southern Africa.
Ruvimbo: the child bride who got the Zimbabwe Constitutional Court to say no to child marriage
Data sources
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