First Lady hails Voda’s health aid to women

>Construction of two secondary schools in Rufiji and Lindi was cited by First Lady Salma Kikwete as among successful ventures attained by the Wanawake na Maendeleo  (WAMA) group during the end-of-the-year party she hosted for diplomatic spouses at State House grounds on Saturday evening.

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Salma hails govt efforts in girls' education, health
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Foreground: First Lady Salma Kikwete (2nd-L); Asha Bilal (3rd-L), wife of Vice President Dr Gharib Bilal; former first lady Anna Mkapa (R), with other dignitaries at State House grounds in Dsm. First Lady and Women and Development Foundation (WAMA) ...

>First Lady Salma Kikwete has mentioned issues that touch her most as security, health, education and children’s rights noting that she has been dealing with these since she was a teacher.

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First Lady to grace World Women's Day
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THE First Lady, Mama Salma Kikwete, is expected to grace the International Women's Day in Dar es Salaam on March 8, this year. Trumark Managing Director, Ms Agnes Mgongo, whose agency organises the event, said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that the ...
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The First Lady has asked women to avoid over-dependence on husbands but find ways to raise personal income.

Tanzania Women Miners Association chairperson Eunice Negele (L) briefs Hamis Komba (C), Assistant Commissioner for Minerals in the Energy and Minerals ministry, on the challenges facing small-scale miners. By Sylivester Domasa Women digging into the country’s male dominated small scale mining sector are calling on the government to support them with requisite equipment and working capital even as reports say 3.1bn/- interest free loans meant for small scale miners is laying idle...

Mama Lowassa to help improve women health
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THE wife of Union presidential candidate on Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) ticket, Mrs Regina Lowassa, has urged women in Kagera region to vote yes in favour of Mr Edward Lowassa, promising that if she becomes the first lady, her ...

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How health of women, childern disrupted by gender-based violence
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Tabu Shitunguru (55) a resident of Nyugwa village in Nyang'hwale district Geita Region was attacked and brutally injured by unidentified group of people who had suspected that she might be a witch due to her red eyes. Cases of gender based violence ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 September 2014—More than 140 presidents, heads of government, ministers and high officials from around the world today reaffirmed their countries’ strong political support to the historic International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
During the ICPD, held in Cairo in 1994, 179 governments agreed on a 20-year Programme of Action that included a bold new vision of the relationships between population, development and individual well-being. It...