Gender based violence report out

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Gender based violence report out
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TANZANIA Media Women's Association (Tamwa) will today, launch a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survey report which was conducted in December last year in 20 districts on Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. A statement released in Dar es Salaam on ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Daily News

31 May

Kagera residents urged to report gender based violence

Kagera residents urged to report gender based violence
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KAGERA Regional Police Commander (RPC) George Mayunga has appealed to residents in the region to refrain from taking the law in their own hands. He urged residents including men, to report gender based violence to the nearest police stations for ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Apr

Gender Based Violence still rampant in TZ

>It was in the middle of an unforgettable night, when voices of children and a woman crying for help woke me up. Trying to figure out what was happening I realised my neighbour Amon, was beating his wife Ana.

 

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.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

28 Feb

Ignorance fuels gender based violence in Hai

Ignorance fuels gender based violence in Hai
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IGNORANCE of the law is the main cause of gender based violence escalation in Hai District, a lawyer has said. The Programme Officer (Legal Aid) with Kilimanjaro Women Information Exchange and Consultancy Organisation (KWIECO), Mr Morise Venance, ...

 

10 years ago

BDlive

01 Dec

Laws to curb gender based violence 'poorly implemented', minister told

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Laws to curb gender based violence 'poorly implemented', minister told
BDlive
WHILE SA has come up with impressive laws and policies to deal with gender based violence, poor implementation has meant that these laws have had far too little effect, say pressure groups. In a memorandum sent to Women Minister Susan Shabangu, the ...
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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

21 Feb

Stopping gender violence

Rahima* is a girl who has had a harrowing experience of being raped. Some two years ago, Rahima was raped at her parents’ house by a neighbour.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

20 Feb

Gender violence must be halted

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Gender violence must be halted
Daily News
A RESEARCH carried out by the Tanzania Media Women Association (Tamwa) has shown that gender violence is perpetrated notoriously in most Zanzibar Districts. The human rights abuses include rape, underage pregnancies and wife bashing. Incredibly ...
Nghidinwa Admits Govt Failed On ViolenceAllAfrica.com

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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!

 

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