15 Siha girls cheat FGM, marriage

15 Siha girls cheat FGM, marriage
Daily News
FIFTEEN primary school children who had been lined up for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and subsequent marriage have been saved from the ordeal as police have been called in to handle the matter. The children, mainly from pastoralt communities here ...

Daily News

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Mail &Amp; Guardian Online

10 Nov

Child marriage and FGM in Tanzania

Child marriage and FGM in Tanzania
Mail & Guardian Online
HRW calls on Tanzania to set the minimum age for marriage at 18, following an investigation into high levels of child marriage and FGM in the country. Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls' access to education and exposes them to serious harms, Human ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

07 Oct

Mara to launch campaign against child marriage, FGM

Daily News
Mara to launch campaign against child marriage, FGM
Daily News
Mara region will this week witness the launch of what is tipped to be a historic campaign aimed at eliminating child marriages and female genital mutilation(FGM) in the region. Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, Ms Sophia Simba, ...

 

10 years ago

Coastweek

13 Feb

Tanzania signs commitment to prevent child marriage and FGM

Tanzania signs commitment to prevent child marriage and FGM
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Tanzania and their development partners have signed a new commitment aimed at intensifying efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage in the country. "The government is fully ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

'Fifty girls' taken from UK for FGM

UK police begin an investigation into reports that at least 50 girls were taken from the UK to Somalia for female genital mutilation.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 May

Milestone as 250 girls escape FGM

Kilindi. Some 250 young Maasai girls were yesterday attained womanhood in a traditional rite of passage that was conducted at Saunyi Village, in Saunyi Ward, Kilindi District, Tanga Region, without undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Feb

Tanzania signs Girls Summit Charter on FGM

IPPmedia
Tanzania signs Girls Summit Charter on FGM
IPPmedia
British High Commissioner Dianna Melrose at the signing of an agreement in Dsm yesterday under which the government of Tanzania committed itself to ending FGM and child marriages. The government has signed Girls Summit Charter that calls for the ...
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State signs Girl Summit CharterDaily News
Tanzania steps up efforts to end child marriageGlobalPost
East African Business Week
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11 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jun

Big up for London concert to raise money for FGM girls

One special thing I have learnt living in London is its preservation of old buildings, historic sites and places. Sometimes you come across old alleys that belonged to the era of horses and roads made from small, hard, brown-black bricks.

 

10 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

30 Oct

Tanzania: Child Marriage Harms Girls

Tanzania: Child Marriage Harms Girls
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls' access to education and exposes them to serious harms. Human Rights Watch ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

13 Feb

Govt urged to build shelters for girls who escape, survive FGM

Govt urged to build shelters for girls who escape, survive FGM
IPPmedia
Serenity and nature at its best is how you can explain this region, an area located in the central parts of Tanzania. The region is endowed with honey as if it were a promised land and not to mention of sunflower seeds and groundnuts. The two lakes ...
FGM Fight - a War Mara Must Win At All CostAllAfrica.com

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