Theme: Love, Care and Protection, from Infancy to adolescence.

1st-3rd SEPTEMBER, 2015

VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE

The delegates at the PSS Forum comprising of experts from Government Ministries and Departments responsible for Orphans, Vulnerable Children and Youth (OVCY), health, education and skills development from all SADC Member States, civil society and academic partners from 27 countries gathered in Victoria Falls on the 1st to the 3rd of September 2015 under the theme Love, Care and Support, from Infancy to Adolescence.

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About the Award

In East and Southern Africa, 35% of women are married before age 18. Globally, over 650 million women alive today were married as children. Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and is exacerbated by poverty, insecurity and conflict.

Launched in 2018, RIATT-ESA in partnership with the the African Union and with support from Media Monitoring Africa, launched an award for journalists reporting on Child Marriage. The award was developed in support the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage Campaign, in an effort to enhance the promotion and protection of the rights of girls and women in Africa. The primary objective of the Award is to promote reporting of child marriage issues; hence raising public awareness, understanding and galvanizing action against child marriage.

The first awards were handed out in 2019 during the during the 3rd STC & SDLE of the African Union.