Girls negotiating schooling after pregnancy in rural Zimbabwe
Teenage pregnancy continues to disrupt girls’ schooling in rural Zimbabwe despite the Education Amendment Act (2020), which guarantees readmission after childbirth.
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Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future PLUS (O3 PLUS), 2024 annual report: Promoting health and well-being in higher and tertiary education institutions
This report highlights the 2024 achievements of the O3 PLUS programme, implemented in six Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries: Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Scaling up a life skills and mentorship programme led by young women in sub-Saharan Africa: regional overview
CAMFED’s Learner Guide Programme aims to support girls in secondary school to strengthen self-development and foundational learning skills, thus encouraging them to stay in school and improve their learning outcomes.
Why lowering the age of consent to sexual and reproductive health services is beneficial for adolescents' health and wellbeing
There is evidence that requiring parental consent to access sexual and reproductive health services infringes on young people's rights to these services.
Establishing and implementing a youth network for HIV prevention: a case study of meaningful youth engagement in Zimbabwe
In a bid to achieve the global target to end AIDS by 2030, the National AIDS Council (NAC) in Zimbabwe and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), coalesced with Adolescents and Young People (AYP) to help join the fight against the pandemic.
School meals in our words: choosing our future
Across 13 countries, 1,235 children shared their experiences of school meals with child researchers. Their voices carried a clear message: school meals matter to us.
Factors predicting the resilience of school re-integrated teenage mothers in Zimbabwe
This study investigated the factors predicting resilience among teenage mothers reintegrated into schools in Zimbabwe.
The cost of inaction: The cost of not realizing the sexual and reproductive health and rights (including HIV) of young people in Zimbabwe and South Africa
UNAIDS uses ‘cost of inaction’ as an indicator of the negative impact on the lives of people and communities of not investing resources to end AIDS.
Promising practices for integrated school health and nutrition programming: the development of school nutrition guidelines in Zimbabwe
In 2024, UNICEF and WFP came together to assess the extent of their collaboration on school health and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Accelerating progress for school-age children and adolescents through integrated school health and nutrition programming
In 2024, UNICEF and WFP came together to assess the extent of their collaboration on school health and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa.