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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 ...

NGO turns to male involvement in fight against GBV
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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 ...

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...

>Mr Richard Rwegoshora, a 28 year old barber in Dar es Salaam is so fearful of mosquitoes that whenever he hears a buzzing sound of the bugs, he gets vividly agitated—he can’t settle until he does something to rid them off. For this reason, some of his peers have jokingly labeled him a “coward’’ of insects but he doesn’t mind.

Campaign Begins in Zanzibar As Tool to Fight Gender Violence
AllAfrica.com
AN upsetting story happened recently about partners who gave away an infant because they did not want to raise the kid born outside marriage. A man, father of the baby, from Dodoma and a Zanzibari lady, fell into love and unexpectedly had pregnancy!

GBV - 'Safisha Ghala' Jingle Should Be Stopped in Lindi
AllAfrica.com
IT is undeniable fact that Gender Based Violence (GBV) constitutes a breach of the fundamental right to life, liberty, security, dignity, equality between women and men, non-discrimination and physical and mental integrity in Tanzania today. Such kind of ...

GBV cases declining - TAMWA report
Daily News
THE country is experiencing a decrease in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) incidents due to increased awareness among the public, a survey report released yesterday indicated. The survey conducted by the Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) in ...

Using Right Methods in Campaign Against GBV
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — IN efforts to stop child abuse, many organisations have been conducting awareness and education campaigns mainly in the media, including seminars/ workshops, posters and drama. It is clear that some methods of awareness are good and ...

GBV perpetrators risk impotency
Daily News
MALES who expose their spouses to genderbased violence are at risk of becoming impotent and helpless, since the practice forces married women to seek help from traditional healers and witchdoctors, a recent report has revealed. The Coordinator for Legal ...