290m women are ‘free to decide on children number’

Women and girls today, more than ever before, are using modern contraceptives to delay or avoid a pregnancy, says a report released on Thursday by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020).

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Oct

Women and the young will decide TZ's future today

Finally, Election Day is here. From being the most unpredictable to significantly extraordinary—this of 2015 seems to be many things—including being an election of ‘’Firsts.’’ It’s the first—and in fact a historic election—for its oddity and campaign style.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Feb

Uhuru orders provision of free ARV drugs for children

President Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday directed that all HIV positive children get life-saving medication.

 

9 years ago

BBC

Why Ethiopian women are having fewer children

Why Ethiopian women are having fewer children than their mothers

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 May

Project to free women from violence launched

A new project aimed at freeing girls and women from gender-based violence, especially the practice of female genitalmutilation (FGM), has been launched in the district here by the African Medical Research Foundation (Amref), also known as Amref Health Africa.

 

11 years ago

Legal Aid Centre

21 Jul

Old laws undermining women and children rights

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Old laws undermining women and children rights - Legal Aid Centre
IPPmedia
Outdated laws and the snail paced approach to their review are once again cited as the major factor undermining the rights of vulnerable groups in the country these including women and children and the elderly and disabled. More specifically is the question ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Mar

Rainwater harvesting helps women and children

As I arrived at her home at Malamba Mawili, she was in her free size batik dress, wearing gumboots on her legs, with her head covered by a scarf as she cleaned the environment outside her house.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

27 Jan

Castration Won't End Abuse Against Women, Children

Castration Won't End Abuse Against Women, Children
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — AS some lawmakers in Zanzibar press for harsh punishment against rapists, the Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs, Mr Abubakar Khamis Bakar, said it may not be a solution, as he downplayed suggestion for forced castration as the maximum ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

11 May

Legal body offers free service to over 5 million women

Legal body offers free service to over 5 million women
Daily News
TANZANIA Women Lawyers' Association (TAWLA) has provided free legal aid to over five million women through its legal aid clinics as it celebrates its silver jubilee. Speaking at a press briefing in Dar es Salaam, TAWLA Vice-Chairperson, Ms Margaret Ringo ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

11 May

Legal Body Offers Free Service to Over Five Million Women

Legal Body Offers Free Service to Over Five Million Women
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA Women Lawyers' Association (TAWLA) has provided free legal aid to over five million women through its legal aid clinics as it celebrates its silver jubilee. Speaking at a press briefing in Dar es Salaam, TAWLA Vice-Chairperson, Ms Margaret Ringo ...

 

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