The Forum African Women Educationists in Zambia (FAWEZA) has expressed concern at the high number of under-aged girl children being forced into early marriages in the country.
FAWEZA National Coordinator, Daphne Chimuka says the forcing of under-aged children into early marriages was a serious issue that needs to be addressed urgently.
Ms. Chimuka told ZANIS in an interview that there is need for people to respect the girl child’s right to education.
She called on all Zambians to discourage early marriages as this was denying the girl child an opportunity to be educated.
Ms. Chimuka said her organization was doing everything possible to sensitize the public on the impact of early marriages because people need to understand the importance of woman acquiring an educated.
She said parents and guardians should not rush to marry off their daughters.
Ms. said people should consider looking at the long-term benefit of education and not short-term benefits in terms of dowry.
She charged that poverty should not be used as an excuse to break the law by marrying off underage girl children.
Ms Chimuka has since called on members of the public and the underage girl children being forced into marriage to report such actions to relevant authorities in the country.
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Oh yah! everyone is worried………
That is a major consern indeed!
like 70yrs Vs 17 yrs is not fair
Insala by most households please.
hey mwana.. Love again 😡
hey mwana.. Love again 😡
Its normal
Sorry! Jamaco I took your position [-x next time, insansa kuchinjana
#4 True indeed!!! Poverty and lack of education in most cases is the cause of all this… :-w
#5 and 6 Hey is LT High!! %%-%%-%%-%%-%%- 8-}8-} !! Again they have allowed a double entry!!
Imwe fingers away from that Chamba Issue!! =))=))
8. Mpopo You are Numbala l-) =d>=d>=d> Congrats ^:)^^:)^
So who is to blame for these early marriages? is it the parents or the girls?
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yes its worrying ,mostly in rural areas, FAWEZA ,please do what u can to fight this,be established to the rural folks as well…
#12 The girls….too much ichikwela !
Hi all!!
Just returned from a meeting in one of our rural communities to talk about the retrogressive habit of marrying off young girls. No reason advanced by the perpetrators is ever valid and sometimes are very lives are threatened when we discourage this vice.
that is why ine my girl children ni mpono na kamwa apa na apa. with or without money i go out of my way to ensure that my kids accept our status – live within our means and accept what we are. some of these town girlss lunkumbwa not poverty. they want cellphones, watch movies at Arcades at night and you wonder and end up pregnant from the boys are money who unknowingly to them give for the service the offer. most think its love. every parent now should go out of their way and discuss these facts of life with their children. Kuminzi like the 70 old grandfather who has married a 17 year old, ni selfishness ya ma parents…. honestly selling your daughter for a goat, cow or just 100 bucks
Hello fellow bloggers!!
This is a big problem in Zed that needs immediate attention.If you to go to compounds like Mtendere,chawama,Msisi etc,you will be shocked how rampant early marriages are in Zambia and supported by the elderly.They even say”Ndiye bamuna bali serious”.But a closer look at the so called serious dude will reveal the opposite(Just a Kapunjunju who is hardly surviving).Govt should educate our parents to stop marrying off their children as this retards national development.
If you are going to throw stones then start with RB and Thandie!! :x:x
# 14 Ba Maureen mwati bufi, abaiche ifi kwela bad, ichimpwena etc. And you know ngani kuno Lusaka, the want boys or men with cars. they dont even ask themselves where the car came from. most leave their homes in decent cloths but meet them at Arcades. these kids! kamu boys ati I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, HONEY, SWEETIE ati nipa mene apa. money money money roses roses then sex ati he loves me. he gives me even without sex not knowing that the cost and roses does not much up to the sex. suppose the get infected or pregnant. tough!
Please educate me, whats the best age to get married?
Baby C! Sister, parents are to give guidance to these young ones.
But in some you find that parents are the ones arranging for such marriages especially in SOuthern Province. I don’t know what pipo eat uku kuside.
PARENTS ARE 2 BLAME FOR EARLY MARRIAGES.THE ISSUE OF “ICHISUNGU”.WAT CAN U EXPECT WEN A GAL BECOMES OF AGE, MWAINGISHA MUCHISUNGU.START TEACHING HER HOW 2 HANDLE A MAN.NAENA KUYA CHITA PRACTISE WAT SHE WAS TOLD
Mukazi sachepa, oh sorry nimwamuna we sachepa. Then i think perents should be well educated about this but with the poverty in Zed,you cant blame them either.
Ichupo ne n’ganda! Faweza Should intensify its awareness programs. Early marriages often follow teenage pregnancies.THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE THE ……… :d/:d/:d:)>-[-x:-l:-@
i think the best age is when you understand issues, when you marriage goes wrong you are able to look after yourself. First thing first, finish school, go to college and then get job. its the best time.
# 23 Rashid even mwana mkazi? tiuzeniko.
#20 Baby C
Anyone below 21 should not come anywhere near a marriage especially if you still have not decided what you want to do with the rest of your life apart from making babies
#25
You are right! because men take uneducated women for a ride!
I think from 18 to 26 years. above that and below that no marriage but kusobela chabe.
Lusaka
You are right! Girls are also to blame! they like men too much! MBAS are their favourites
#22 Zoe Mnung’una wane
The issue of Ichisungu (mwali) is a serious hindrance to girls education. Because yes, once the girl comes out of the house, and what with the advertising of the girl by beating drums, she is expected to practice what she has learnt at the detriment of education and good morals
Rashid
18??? thats too much! the best age to get married is 50! like our own joyce Nonde
#20 ‘Baby C’ I kind of thought marriage is simply based on whether one is ready to and has a partner…ie. graduating from boy/girl friend (courtship)relationship. Once people get to know each and they feel the need to take a step up, then they get married. It is different in the case of the subject at hand where older men are capitalising on exploiting younger girls from poor homes. I do not know whether this makes sense but I do believe that marriage is an individuals’ decision.
Lusaka, Zoe
these days girls are becoming of age as early as 8 years old! Unlike fwe bakale…
#32 Actually, that’s what am aiming for
#33 JD
It really makes sense dear! thanx
Baby C, dont you think the apple is just too sweet for someone to wait for it for more than 18 years? nowadays the apple normally gets tested at between 12 years and 16 years,believe you me.
#34 And then ba kangenesa mu chisungu instead of ignoring her coming of age. Ala!
Rashid Jones
Huh! you! if you really love that apple, you can wait for it until its ripe!and then you can have it for the rest of your life! You are the kind who like raw apples!
:d
Lusaka
Exactly! :d
#37 Rashid
Are you telling us that you are a cradle snatcher? And that you do not have and do not expect to bear daughters?
baby c,i love u…
Insala pa nga’nda
Abaiche bambi pantu balamba bwangu ukuisefya,palast balaitwala ku marriage for more fifa fair play :d
I also married very early it has costed my Education! Bad indeed thogh am not a Girl.
Supergal,cutey,Baby C ,Mirriam and the first ever female Vice president of this country ba Maureen you are not doing enough to motivate,inspire and mentor these young girls to take school serously.
I want to get married. I will be 39 this year, am I late?? Yes, I am a man….8->
LOL baby C – ati when the apple is ripe LOL
I think its a question of being mature to handle commitment. I think you should be as late as you can. People go into marriage with the wrong perceptions that it will be rosy, meanwhile you didn’t take time to get to know your other half. I think you could be 50 or you could be 27 its such a personal decision. All I would encourage these young girls is not to rush! 🙂
Major – you’re not too late! You are in your prime 🙂
I have witnessed it first hand,our parents need some education.Much as i accept our Zed young girls”Bachikwela”,but the culture in Zed about marriage, as an ultimate goal is so deep rooted that its hard for our girls to understand that there is more in life than early marriages.My plea goes to our govt to educate our girls but if they misbehave(As aunt Mirriam as put it),then its a national burden that needs immediate attention before it becomes another crisis.
Ichikwela is not equal to marriage but to premarital sex ,STDs and unplanned pregnancies.
There are so many factors that should be considered to tackle this problem. To start with parents should educate their children about the dangers of premarital sex.Then issues like improper dressing revealing ‘Tshalamwana’ and belly-buttons attracts the wrong chaps who salivate like starved wolves after that piece of flesh so exposed. This western culture adopted by many parents in Zed has been taken too far- allowing girls with full breasts to walk walk anyhow,bring girl/boyfriends pa ng’anda- musebanya sana,ataa!
Tunainvela tu bafaana. They think thats it. hehehehe!
Pleasure of … comes along with imaginable responsibility!
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How can u fight early marriage,poverty ,street kids,orphans AND UNEMPLOYMENT PARENTS who cant provide food and basics to hunger children. They run to tarvens to beg for chibuku
How can u fight early marriage,poverty ,street kids,orphans AND UNEMPLOYMENT PARENTS who cant provide food and basics to hunger children. They run to tarvens to beg for chibuku
When all fruits turn ripe, it is time for de harvest, seen? Some gal mature earlier than others, so there’s no age limit fe marriage.
In Jamaica dem seh “under eighteen or over sixteen, de gal dem fi rock an’ come in!”:)>-
FAWEZA, tell all parents to take great care of small bushes for them to creat a forest for tomorrow wich will not only benefit to the family but the nation at large.
These talks by FEWEZA only targets girl child why not involve ma boys so that they become adults they will value the position of a woman in our african set up. By the way where is Dr.Kubunda Kayongo.
Why is the trend of early marriages so common in certain portions of the country. Are our community leaders especially in churches doing much to curb the scourage or not. Do these material hungry parents realise that educating a girl child is educating the whole family. Arresting parents and others involved is not enough we need to build capacity in sensitizing all stakeholders to curb the scourage.
There is nothing wrong with early marriages!.Kids will still have sex,anyway!They’ll still get diseases,married or not!They can still continue with education,married or not!I think this issue is not being addressed wholesomely!Can we just give it some thorough thoght please?
Once the culture of considering girls as wealth should comes to an end, then this problem of early marriages will cease.The girl child also needs a better future.Otherwise men will continue dominating the society.
The generation of our parents got married in in their mid to late teens and there had fewer problems of sexual diseases and failure to have children.How many of our educated sisters marry late and end-up with problems conceiving and sexual diseases?A lot of the so called single and successful acqually wish they had married earlier because nobody is looking at them!The boys know how many boy friends they have had!A sexually mature girl can get married early and still continue to be empowered economically and education-wise.Our first lady is not a child.She is an adult-PERIOD!
Nothing bad about early marriages. What is the average age at which our parents were getting married? Do not pretend!!! FAWEZA!!!:-j
…I wonder what you are calling under age. Akana kan’gwena kakulila kwitete!:x