Thread by @thegirdlengr

#childabuse: A Nine-Year-Old Girl Set To Give Birth In #Zimbabwe 😭
Recall the painful death of 14-year-old Anna Machaya (in the pix) while giving birth in a #church shrine in July 2021, a 9-year-old #girl (Grade 3 Pupil) has been admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) as

she is 33 weeks pregnant and expected to give birth by caesarean section this November.
She was just 8 when she fell pregnant, and is being monitored by a team of specialist doctors and nurses owing to the delicate nature of the pregnancy.
She has refused to give police the name

of her abuser though shockingly, her 29-year-old father claimed that the goblins🤷🏾 visited the 9-year-old #girl on the nights only when her mother was away from home and inserted things into her privates. The police believe she's being threatened!
There are only 6 known cases in

Africa where a child of 9 years or younger gave birth; one each in #Senegal, #Kenyan, #Namibia, #SouthAfrica and two cases in #Nigeria.
The record is held by Lina Medina from #Peru, who gave birth aged five years and seven months in 1939. Medina’s father was arrested on suspicion

of sexual abuse but was later released due to lack of evidence and the baby’s biological father was never identified.
Few days ago, Zimbabwe's Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health Child Care Chairperson, Dr Ruth Labode referred parliament to shocking statistics that showed

that between January 2021 and February 2021, 4,959 girls fell pregnant while about 1,774 entered early marriages during the same period!

#women #WomanLifeFreedom #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #Violation #girls #Health #ChildMarriage #Zimbabwe #zimbabwean #AfricanSocialStar #world

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