Tanzania: Youths to Fight GBV Through Mobile Phones

THE Tanzania Youth Alliance (TAYOA) has come up with a communication system, to be used by youths all over the country, aimed at stamping out gender violence.

The system enables youths to send reports of violence against them through texting messages on their mobile phones. This was revealed, over the weekend, by the TAYOA Resident Director, Mr Peter Masika, at a meeting involving youths from 12 universities in Dar es Salaam and Coastal zone.

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