EDITORIAL: Sustain fight for gender equity despite the gains

>Tanzania joined the international community yesterday in celebrating International Women’s Day, with a variety of activities aimed at demonstrating mainly two things: one, there is still a lot to be done to attain the necessary gender equity and two, women have the capacity to do what men can, if a level playing field would prevail in human societies.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Nov

INSIGHT: Gender equity needed to mitigate gender violence

>From November 25 to December 10 every year, gender and human rights activists across the world participate in 16 days of activism against gender-based violence directed especially towards women and girls.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Nov

EDITORIAL: Sustain the Anti-FGM drive

Culture is the soul of the nation, but that is putting it broadly. Otherwise, a case-by-case assessment of the cultures and traditions of Tanzania’s 120-plus tribes would reveal that, some of them are barbaric, loathsome and should be discarded.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 May

EDITORIAL: We should step up HIV war despite big gains

>The virus that causes the killer Aids is still ravaging humankind around the world. Tanzanians are not an exception. Diagnosed first in 1993 in the United States, Aids has eluded a cure to date. Over time, though, immense progress has been made in the war against it.

 

10 years ago

Based Violence In Zanzibar

13 May

EU Commends Efforts to Fight Gender

EU Commends Efforts to Fight Gender-Based Violence in Zanzibar
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — ON May 5, a police gender and children desk was opened here as a milestone in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV). "Having a police gender and children desk is an achievement, but we all need to stand against the problem," said Ms ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Aug

Let’s join hands to fight gender violence

The Zanzibar President, Dr Ali Mohammed Shein, has once again expressed disgust over the alarming rise of cases of abuse against children and women in Zanzibar compared to the situation in the past.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Nov

EDITORIAL: Big ‘no’ to gender violence

>As the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we need to look at our situation in Tanzania where, according to a  survey carried out last year, 10 per cent of women aged 15 to 49 reported that their first sexual experience was forced on them. That is rape!

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 May

Police step up fight against gender-based violence

In strengthening efforts and extending war against gender-based violence, at least 414 gender desks have been set up at different police stations in the country, the House heard yesterday.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

05 Sep

Hai police enhance gender violence fight

Hai police enhance gender violence fight
Daily News
POLICE have reinforced efforts in dealing with gender based violence in Hai district, as it urges the public to fully cooperate in eliminating it. Speaking in Hai recently, District Gender Desk Head, Corporal Happiness Eliufoo called upon citizens, civic ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

09 Feb

Kagera residents urged to fight gender imbalance

Kagera residents urged to fight gender imbalance
Daily News
RESIDENTS in Kagera Region have been urged to take a holistic approach to fight against gender imbalance and gender based violence by utilizing the Police Gender Unit. The In-charge of the Gender Unit at the Kagera Regional Police Commander's office, ...

 

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