Zimbabwe: Parliament Urged to Act As Child Marriage Laws Fail Girls Across Zimbabwe

The Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has petitioned Parliament calling for an inquiry into the country’s failure to curb child marriage warning that thousands of girls remain unprotected despite strong laws on the books.

The petition, presented today by the coalition represents more than 2 000 women’s rights activists and 86 organisations accuses the state of critical implementation gaps in enforcing Section 3 of the Marriages Act which criminalises child marriage and associated practices.