SINCE Zimbabwe ratified the Convention on the rights of children in September 1990, it has enacted laws and implemented policies that have enabled the country to register notable improvements as far as child protection is concerned. Despite the aforementioned progress, child rights violations in the country are still at unacceptable levels. Deepening poverty in the…
More needs to be done to protect the child

The frightening statistics from Childline Zimbabwe have come at a time the United Nations (UN) is helping Zimbabwe come up with strategies to curb child marriages and abuse of young women in Zimbabwe.