Early Marriages Worry Gender Minister
By Hector Simfukwe-
Gender Minister Elizabeth Phiri has appeal to stakeholders to work with Government to reduce the number of early marriages and teenage pregnancies in the country.
Ms. Phiri says the country has seen an increase in the cases of child marriages hence the decision by government to work with traditional leaders and other stakeholders .
Ms Phiri was speaking in Chinsali District during a meeting with women that took place at Farmers Training Center (FTC).
The Minister charged that men and women should utilize the GEWEL Project aimed at helping expand access to secondary school for adolescent girls from poor households through the Keep Girls in School (KGS) bursary.
She said Government saw it important to implement the project as a way of ending child marriage.
And speaking at the same meeting, Director Gender Rights Protection Lynn Habanji said the measures taken by government will help to reduce early marriages.
Meanwhile, Agness Nampokolo has called on other women in the district not to allow their children into early marriage.