Zambiassa 🇿🇲 on tullut voimaan uusi lainsäädäntö, joka kieltää lapsiavioliitot. Tämä on historiallinen päätös, ja monen vuoden työn tulos. Ilman UNFPA'n yleistukea mm. Suomesta 🇫🇮 MFA Finland 🇫🇮, pitkäjänteinen työmme olisi haasteellista. #PartnersAtCore UNFPA Zambia #SRHR

Recognising the progress made and the unfinished business we have. Thank you Finland. Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/ Julitta Onabanjo, Dr Jacqueline Mahon Virpi Mesiäislehto UNFPA Zambia

This #FeministFriday we celebrate remarkable women who have made significant contributions to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). These trailblazers have shattered stereotypes, overcome obstacles, and paved the way for future generations. #womenintech

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ As internal migration rises, it's more important than ever to protect vulnerable populations. Ensuring the reproductive health needs of refugees and internally displaced people is a critical part of this mission. #WithRefugees

Mobile SRH clinics by Ministry of Health Zambia together with outreach session with LifeLine Child Line Zambia to ensure 116 and 933 drought grievance, child marriage and GBV helpline are popularised. Currently receiving 1500 calls daily. Part of UN Zambia drought response support. UNFPA East and Southern Africa UNFPA

On 12th June 2024, Generation Alive made submissions to the Parliamentary Committee on National Guidance &Gender Matters on the ramifications of the Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Bill. We are honoured to be acknowledged as one of the key voices in ending child marriage.#Advocacy

At Generation Alive, we use sport as a way of promoting SRHR & mental health for girls & boys. It is also used as a tool to raise awareness on child marriage, GBV & link them to essential health & legal services.

#Vacancy alert: Join our Urban Futures program 🇿🇼 We are looking for a Knowledge Management and Linking and Learning Officer to join our #UrbanFutures program. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Details 👉🏾 hivos.org/vacancy/knowle…

Ambassador Austin Gormley Ambassador Austin Gormley🇮🇪joined Hivos and our partner organizations today for a conversation on some of our work together. We showcased our impactful Hivos-Women Empowerment #WomenEmpowerment projects and their positive change on women and youth in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

“Moving from rhetoric to action is crucial. We can’t just keep meeting, talking, and leaving it at that. It's time to continue these conversations, educate our judges, and ensure that our judicial officers are well-informed." - Isabella Mwangi, Legal Practitioner, Kenya

In his keynote address still, Anand emphasized the cruciality of South-South learning to advance reproductive justice. He criticized the Western-centric nature of human rights and highlighted the importance of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in

Prof. Christopher Mbazira - Professor of Law at Makerere University “Reproductive justice is a concept that entails the autonomy of individuals in matters of reproduction, fundamentally relating to the right to control one’s body in reproductive terms. This includes, but is

Laura Nyirinkindi - Chair, Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls - United Nations Human Rights Council “The Human Rights Council’s mechanisms allow us to hold states accountable for violations of women and girls' rights. It’s time we fully utilize these tools

#EndChildMarriage #AChildIsNotAWife

I was deeply saddened to hear about the devastating fire in Nyimba village, Monze on Thursday. On behalf of UNFPA, I offer my condolences to the families of the two children who have lost their lives, and to all those who have lost their homes and businesses. (1/3)

From promise to action! Firm commitments on accelerating domestication expected from partners as SADC Parliamentary Forum hosts a Regional Convening on Implementation of the SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage & Protecting those Already in Marriage in Lusaka. #endchildmarriage #sadc

Girls Not Brides and SADC Parliamentary Forum Providing an update on how far we have come on the implementation of the model law eradication of child marriage, a law which emerged as a result of the data and evidence in the region.

Hivos Southern Africa Regional Director Nana Zulu provided the opening remarks by highlighting that child marriage rates in some SADC countries have significantly dropped over the past 25 years particularly in Zambia, thanks in part to the landmark Children's Code Act #Endchildmarriage #SADC

Womba Chair of CSO Network to End Child Marriage from Generation Alive currently presenting Zambia progress, read more here: esaro.unfpa.org/en/news/zambia… UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme End Child Marriage UNFPA Zambia SADC Parliamentary Forum Plan International Zambia Mutinta Hichilema

📢 Lifeline/Childline is sharing expertise at the SADC workshop on ending child marriage, and driving change to protect children’s rights. 🌍👶💪 #EndChildMarriage