Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:46:19 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU ZAMBIA is determined to eradicate child marriages completely because it is a loss to mankind to deny a child education on account of marriage, President Edgar Lungu has said. President Lungu said children, especially girls, needed protection from anything that hindered their development and education. The President was speaking at State House yesterday when visiting Swedish Minister of Education Gustav Fridolin paid a courtesy on him. “You have a partnership in the Presidency through the Ministers (of Education and of Health ) in your quest to impact as much knowledge as possible to our young people so that they make decisions based on facts and focus on education and development of their bodies and intellect before they indulge in marriage,” President Lungu said. He added that Government was working with all stakeholders to ensure that the Swedish efforts to end child marriages in Zambia pay dividends. […]
