- According to Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional Humanitarian Appeal, around 11.9 million people are in urgent need of protection services. The impact of the El Niño induced food insecurity exacerbated existing vulnerabilities in Southern Africa, one of the regions with the highest rates of Gender-based violence.
- In Zambia, preliminary results of a recent qualitative assessment to understand drought-related perceptions, behaviours and coping mechanisms, highlighted a perceived increase in school dropouts, as families are unable to financially support school attendance, and increased child labour among children and adolescents. Increased transactional sex among adolescent girls, especially in the transit city of Kazungula, has also been reported.
- In Zimbabwe, the Ministry of Education in Manicaland recorded 278 dropouts between January and May 2024. Save the Children also warns that child marriage rates are likely to remain high among adolescent girls aged 15-18 and further climate mobility is likely to fuel irregular migration, human trafficking, child smuggling, child labour and child migration.
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