Girl-child marriages in the developing countries of the world have
caused a lot of suffering on the girl-children. According to Giddens (2009)
issues of poverty, cultural practices, and political instability and gender
inequalities have been noted as some of the major causes of girl-child
marriages in developing countries. The situation has caused great concern to
the communities of the global village because of the serious damages on the
victims. Gage (2011) states that the status quo was exacerbated by the
historical gender inequalities that continue to exist within families systems
and place the girl-child an inferior citizen in her country. The girl-child
remained vulnerable and segregated particularly, in educational advancement
which is the key to self-empowerment, knowledge and skills development
because of the high rate of girl-child marriage in the area. It appears there is
little significant research on the matter in the developing countries. In order
to establish some strategies to promote the girl-child’s life-skills a study was
conducted in Samanga ‘A’ in Honde Valley in Manicaland ProvinceZimbabwe.
From a population of 1500 a sample size of 100 participants was
selected using the cluster, systematic and purposive techniques because of
their appropriateness to the two paradigms (Punch, 2009). Cluster technique
was employed because the participants lived in different kraal-heads. The
systematic technique was engaged because the participants were selected
from every tenth household in each of the five kraal-heads. The purposive
technique was used to select the influential participants such as local
community leaders and the victims of early girl-child marriage. Marshall and
Roseman (2006) support that purposive technique in qualitative study
because the participants are powerful sources of information that is needed.