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Zimbabwe: Rape of girls

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Zimbabwe

This is Zimbabwe has a horrific report on the huge numbers of girls that are raped annully in Zimbabwe……”In Zimbabwe, 40 000 girls are raped annually before they turn 17 [1],” Makoni said. “Every day, the Girl Child Network receives at least one report of a girl below 16 who’s been raped, with some victims as young as six months old. 350 rape cases have been reported to us so far this year.”