Activists Call for More Resources in GBV Fight

Activists Call for More Resources in GBV Fight
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — WOMEN activists in Zanzibar are calling upon the government and development partners to allocate more resources to address gender-based violence (GBV) which they say is still a problem in the Islands. View Comments. Evaluating the Gender ...

AllAfrica.com

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Sep

GBV fight begins with you

So I have decided to act/And make big flashy road signs that say – ‘you are not safe here.’ I will go around my street/in every corner that I see/And on every suspicious looking tree/I will put stickers that say – ‘Woman, flee.’

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

20 Feb

NGO turns to male involvement in fight against GBV

NGO turns to male involvement in fight against GBV
IPPmedia
In an effort to reduce acts of Gender Based Violence (GBV) against women and children a Non Government Organisation (NGO) dubbed Children's Dignity Forum (CDF) has started engaging men and boys in their campaign. Speaking during a workshop that ...

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

30 Nov

Sierra Leone: Social Welfare Minister Promises to Intensify Fight Against GBV

Sierra Leone: Social Welfare Minister Promises to Intensify Fight Against GBV
AllAfrica.com
Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, Mustapha Bai Atilla, has promised to do all in his powers to fight Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the country. He was speaking during the official launch of sixteen days of activism ...
16 Days Activism focus on child educationDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Girl's Agenda takes campaign against gender-based...

 

10 years ago

BBC

UN 'lacks resources' to fight Ebola

The head of the UN mission charged with fighting Ebola tells the BBC he does not yet have the resources necessary to defeat the deadly disease.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

02 Jul

Call for Africans to Make Good Use of Resources

Call for Africans to Make Good Use of Resources
AllAfrica.com
Arusha — AFRICAN nations have been implored to embrace good governance practices so that natural resources available are effectively used for the benefit of women, youth and other marginalised groups in their respective countries. Former President of ...
Grantmakers' Assembly counsel Africans to use resources wiselyCoastweek

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9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Nov

Step up fight on culture of abuse use of resources

Some otherwise poor Tanzanian families are known to spend millions upon millions of shillings for a wedding ceremony, the aftermath of which is agonisingly long periods of debt repayment.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Feb

Tanzania’s child health care needs more resources: call

>Although Tanzania has relatively made some progress in reducing under-five deaths -- thus meeting the Millennium Development Goal Four -- weak public and private health systems remain the biggest challenge.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

19 Aug

Activists say JK has powers to call off Constitutional Assembly

IPPmedia
Activists say JK has powers to call off Constitutional Assembly
IPPmedia
The Legal and Human Rights Centre has contradicted both the State House and the Attorney General over the President not having the power to postpone the Constituent Assembly (CA). According to the LHRC Director of Advocacy, Harold Sungusia, so long ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

02 Apr

Activists call for action against hotels abusing female workers

Activists call for action against hotels abusing female workers
Daily News
GENDER activists in Zanzibar are asking law enforcers and the government to take appropriate measures against tourist hotels alleged to have been hogged by cases of gender-based violence. The call was made following a recent incident where a young ...

 

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