Abortion policy and the vicious cycle of poverty

By Memory Pamella Kadau The previous instalment submitted that abortion doesn’t bring about a moral dilemma as middle ground propagation would argue. It’s clear that safe abortion services should be made accessible to women and this demands policy and legal reforms. This article explored how existing policy framework on abortion perpetuates the vicious cycle of poverty on women and fuels child sexual abuse termed ‘child marriages’. Abortion and poverty Poverty wears the face of a woman and the untold story is that hundreds of thousands of women are trapped in…

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Zim Commemorates World First Aid Day

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) held its belated  World First Aid Day National Commemorations in Gweru amidst growing calls for first aid training to be extended to all spheres of society. By Michael Gwarisa The commemorations ran under the  ‘Lifelong First Aid Learning.’ The event is celebrated every second Saturday of September is an act of humanitarian empowerment and  reaches a wider public audience. Officiating at the ceremony, Mr Munesuishe Munodawafa, Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe Managing Director said, “We are living in trying times and every day we…

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