by Miriam Chabala | Nov 19, 2025 | News
A Nangoma resident, Rodgers Mwiya, has raised serious concerns about the continued sexual exploitation of girls by illegal miners, especially foreign nationals who use money to lure vulnerable girls into sexual relationships, leading to pregnancies and exposing them...
by Muloongo Cheelo | Nov 19, 2025 | News
Mumbwa residents turned out in numbers to submit petitions to the Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC-Z) on ending child marriages which continue to rise in the district. The Vice-Chairperson, Dr. Felicity Kayumba Kalunga led Commissioner Laura Mary Miti and...
by Miriam Chabala | Nov 18, 2025 | News
Chief Mumba of the Kaonde speaking people in Mumbwa District has taken it upon himself to end child marriages in his chiefdom by dissolving child marriages and sending girls back to school. This came to light when Human Rights Commission Vice-Chairperson Dr. Felicity...
by Muloongo Cheelo | Nov 16, 2025 | News
The Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC-Z) is engaging various stakeholders in Mumbwa as it prepares to hold a public hearing from 18th to 19th November 2025, to inquire into the increasing cases of child marriages being reported in the district. HRC-Z paid...
by Miriam Chabala | Nov 14, 2025 | News
Braille booklets aimed at making information on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) more accessible to persons with visual impairments were yesterday launched in Lusaka at the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) offices. Stakeholders...
by Muloongo Cheelo | Nov 13, 2025 | News
The Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC-Z), in collaboration with the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) and the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) engaged 41 persons with disabilities in Chikankata District, during a human rights capacity building...
