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More African Female Surgeons Graduate under COSECSA

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa At the 2024 graduation ceremony of the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA), held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 33% of the graduates were female. This milestone highlights the institution’s ongoing efforts to improve gender inclusivity in surgical training. During the 2023-2024 academic year, COSECSA experienced a 22.7% increase in

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Financial hardships driving varsity students into semester marriages

Michael Gwarisa

By Kuda Pembere Financial hardships are driving tertiary students into exploitative relationships known as “semester marriages.” These arrangements, described by students, involve male students acting as husbands and providing for female students, who, in turn, perform the duties of a wife. The “marriage” typically lasts for one academic semester. This issue came to light during

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