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Tanzania: Govt Devises Friendly System for GBV Victims to Report Abuses
Daily News, 7 June 2022
THE government is charting out the best friendly system in which harassed and victimised children can report the incidents, of which 60 per cent perpetrators are family members. Read more »
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Tanzania: Govt Intensifies GBV Fight
Daily News, 15 May 2022
THE government has said that it has intensified efforts in the fight against gender and children violence as it works in collaboration with development partners and relevant… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tgnp Happy With GBV Fight Progress
Daily News, 25 March 2022
TANZANIA Gender Network Programme (TGNP) has said that collaboration between stakeholders and increased public awareness has contributed a lot to the decrease of gender based… Read more »
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Tanzania: GBV Still Common Despite Public Awareness
Daily News, 19 January 2022
MEMBERS of the public have been urged not to take a break in the war against Gender Based Violence (GBV), as the incidents are still common. Read more »
Tanzania Charts New Ways to Fight Gender, Child Violence
The Tanzanian government is working on a new user-friendly system in which harassed and abused children can report the abuse at the hands of perpetrators - 60% of whom are family members and 40% whom are at school. Ahead of the Day of the African Child to be celebrated on June 16 every year, Community Development Minister Dorothy Gwajima, asked children to come out and report abuse incidents by calling 116 toll-free. The minister assured that cases would be handled without disclosing the source.
A number of interventions have been put in place, including the tightening of policies, regulations and guidelines to ensure the protection of children's rights. Police stations have been equipped with gender and children's desks countrywide, which will assist in fast-tracking child abuse cases and the arraignment of perpetrators. The number of juvenile courts have been increased from three in 2015, to 141 in January 2022.
