Child Marriage in Zambia: Situation Analysis

Child Marriage in Zambia: Situation Analysis

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Caritas Zambia would like to acknowledge and thank Save the Children for their financial and technical support in ensuring that this research was a success. We further extend our gratitude to Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) team for their expertise and research experience in compiling this research. Further Caritas Zambia is grateful to all the key stakeholders consulted from the six (6) project target districts namely, Sinazongwe, Siavonga, Kalabo, Nkeyema, Mkushi, and Ngabwe, without the input and cooperation of the stakeholders in these districts, this research would not have been a success.

In addition, we are grateful to the editing team comprising of the Caritas Zambia Unit Head Pro-grammes and the Caritas Zambia Programme Officer – Child Protection for their commitment in inputting and editing the report. Finally but not the least, Caritas Zambia would also like to render its gratitude to the diocesan staff from Monze, Mongu, and Kabwe for their determined and persistence efforts that saw this work to its conclusion.

The resources used by Save the Children for this document have been financed through Swedish Development Assistance. SIDA does not necessarily share the expressed views and interpretations. Responsibility for the content lies entirely with Caritas Zambia.

The entire Child Marriage in Zambia: Situation Analysis Research Report can be found and downloaded here http://caritaszambia.org/phocadownload/research_reports/Child-Marriage-in-Zambia-Situation-Analysis.pdf

About Caritas Zambia

Caritas Zambia is a Catholic Organisation that is an integral structure of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). The Conference of Bishops is a permanent grouping of Bishops of a given nation or territory that jointly exercises certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of their territory. This is done for the sake of effective evangelisation. To promote the principle of the common good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of the time and place, is the role of Bishops.