Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat ...

Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” ...

Sexual violence in marriages is a very real issue in South Africa, but remains shrouded in silence and denial. It’s a subject ...

In rural Zimbabwe, girls are reviving the traditional Nhanga practice to address child marriage, teen pregnancy, and gender ...

Do you know that about 12 million girls experience child marriage every year, and Africa is said to have one of the highest numbers of child marriages? This data is from the United Nations Population ...

Lack of empathy pushes some marriages beyond repair. Source: Alex Green/Pexels Leo Tolstoy famously wrote, “All happy families are the same. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In my ...

The ancient tradition helping girls in Zimbabwe fight child marriages - Girls are reviving an ancient tradition called Nhanga ...

Women and girls in rural Zimbabwe are reviving Nhanga, an ancient custom traditionally used to prepare girls to marriage, and ...