The UN has condemned the practice of child marriage in Zimbabwe after the death of a 14-year-old girl after she gave birth at a church shrine, an incident that caused outrage among citizens and rights activists.
“Sadly, disturbing reports of the sexual violation of under-age girls, including forced child marriages continue to surface and indeed this is another sad case,” the UN said in its statement, dated August 7.
One in three girls in Zimbabwe was likely to be married before turning 18 years, said the UN, whose office in Zimbabwe groups all 25 UN agencies operating in the country. Police and the country's state gender commission said they were investigating the circumstances that led to the girl's death and burial.
Local media have reported that the girl died last month but the case came to light only last week after angry relatives, who were barred by the church's security from attending her burial, told their story to the state-owned press.The apostolic churches, which shun hospitals, attract millions of followers with their promises to heal illnesses and deliver people from poverty.“What you see today, i.e.
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