FEATURE: A project to educate young girls

>It started with a question, “What can be done to change this?” says Maureen Oduor. Maureen has been working in the area of girls and women rights since at the age of 16. It was back in 2003 when she was a Form One student at Jeera High School that she started feeling uncomfortable about the situation around her.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

FEATURE: How cellular firm’s foundation aids girls

>The challenges faced by young girls at the onset of menstruation cause some to miss school for a number of days or drop out altogether. Unfortunately menstrual management is missing from the school agenda and the issue hardly captures the attention of policy makers, let alone the headlines.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Nov

FEATURE : Villagers decry coal mine project

While it is a global practice that villagers living near mining sites benefit from improved social services, for Tunduwalo villagers in Mbinga District, it is quite different.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Dec

FEATURE :New hope as rural women and girls learn empowering skills

Forty-three-year-old Dorah Christopher Msuya, a woman living with albinism, is one of 35 women and girls who recently attended training for a Women and Girls’ Empowerment (Woge) project in Arusha Region.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Aug

FEATURE : Young Tanzanian’s journey to the prestigious Stanford University

For a young Tanzanian who lived on a single meal a day while growing up, earning a scholarship at Stanford University in the United States is a farfetched dream.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Apr

BY THE WAY : Old men Leave young girls alone

This piece is dedicated to all married men who like to shamelessly chase after young women. Shame on you! Being in a boring marriage does not permit you to seek fun in the arms of young women.

 

11 years ago

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UZINDUZI WA HOPE FOR YOUNG GIRLS IN TANZANIA

Barnaba (wa pili kutoka kulia) akiwa meza kuu na wanaharakati wa Hope For Young Girls in Tanzania. Wanaharakati wakiwa katika picha Barnaba. UZINDUZI wa kampeni ya Hope for Young Girls in Tanzania umefanyika jana katika viwanja vya Mwenge kwa madhumuni ya kutetea haki za watoto wa kike katika jamii ya Kitanzania.  Mgeni rasmi katika hafla hiyo alikuwa msanii… ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

17 Mar

Telecom firm scales up school girls' project

Telecom firm scales up school girls' project
Daily News
FOLLOWING the success registered in the first phase of T-MARC Tanzania's Hakuna Wasichoweza Girls Empowerment Project, the Vodacom has committed additional $166,000 (about 299m/-) to reach 4,200 girls in 10 new schools in Mtwar a Region.
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10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Aug

Young Tanzanian girls shine at top science fair

Their faces beamed with pride as they stood next to the Vice-President Garib Bilal after they were declared winners of the Young Scientists contest.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

08 May

Project saves 5000 Mara girls from child marriage

Project saves 5000 Mara girls from child marriage
Daily News
ABOUT 5,000 girls were rescued from child marriage in Mara region in the past three years following implementation of a project, Mobilizing Action to Safeguard the Rights of Girls in Tanzania. The project, which is being carried out by Children's Dignity Forum ...

 

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