Zambia: Drought Emergency in Zambia – Child Marriage, HIV and Hunger On the Rise for Women and Girls

Southern Province, Zambia — “They don’t have any food, and the teenagers can become vulnerable,” said nurse Suvannah Sinakaaba, in the village of Hakankula in Zambia’s Monze District. “HIV rates are quite high among adolescents; some engage in sexual activities with fishermen, because they want [financial] help.”

Zambia is acutely exposed to the global climate emergency, hit by frequent – and deadly – droughts, floods and heat waves. Now in the grips of its driest agricultural season in more…