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Tanzania:
Activists Call for Greater Protection of Women's Rights
Daily News, 30 October 2013
ACTIVISTS in Zanzibar have said the draft constitution currently under discussion requires more inputs to enforce gender equality and minimize abuse against women. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Govt Hopes New Constitution Bans Child Marriage
AlertNet, 13 October 2013
Tanzania is banking on the on-going constitutional review process of marriage laws to stop child marriages, according to a report in the government newspaper Daily News. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Gender-Based Violence Is Not a Way of Life
Daily News, 12 October 2013
PEOPLE in various parts of the country have misinterpreted culture and traditional values, which has led to a high incidence of genderbased violence, especially against women. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Minister Wants Changes to Child Marriage Law
Daily News, 12 October 2013
THE government is banking on the Constitution Review Commission to help change laws on marriage to stop child marriages in the country. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Why Child Brides Are Likely to Die Young
Daily News, 5 October 2013
THE daughter of subsistence farmers, she grew up in a village in Shinyanga's Korondoto, a flat and sparsely populated area. At 14, her parents sold her for seven cows to a man more… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Ten Set for War On Gender-Based Violence
Daily News, 2 October 2013
WHILE there are many cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) across the country, most of them are not reported. According to analysts, this makes it difficult for the government to… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Early Pregnancies Choke Girl Education
Daily News, 29 September 2013
AGED 24, Halima Abdallah should have graduated from university and probably, found a job. She has not. Instead, she is a secondary school student preparing to sit her Form Six… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Govt Forces Girls to Undergo Invasive Pregnancy Tests, Expels Pregnant Students - Report
The Center for Reproductive Rights, 26 September 2013
Adolescent girls in Tanzania are routinely - and often without warning - subjected to invasive, mandatory pregnancy testing, which has led to more than 55,000 pregnant students… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Fresh Call for Review of Marriage Act
Daily News, 22 September 2013
ANALYSTS view the ongoing constitutional review process as one that could oust the practice of marrying off young girls, under the pretext of the marriage Act of 1971. Read more »
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Tanzania:
New Constitution Must Address Dilemma of Girl Child
Daily News, 16 September 2013
AS the constitutional review process continues, it is also an opportunity to ensure that it enshrines equality and democracy for all men and women and boys and girls - all… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Teenage Pregnancy - Turning Tears Into Hope
Daily News, 3 September 2013
LIVING the life of a vulnerable child is something many people would not wish to have. But how many people really know the exact pain of living in that environment? Read more »
