When the girls at Sahumani Secondary School in eastern Zimbabwe started playing rugby, they had to make do with the soccer pitch and the oversized football shirts used by the boys.

Inside a white tent, warmed by a wooden fireplace, approximately two dozen young African girls in rural northeastern Zimbabwe shed their shoes and settled onto mattresses, ready to share their ...

SHAMVA, Zimbabwe — Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their hearts out. They held ...