Gender violence against teens in Dar on the increase

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Gender violence against teens in Dar on the increase
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While gender-based violence (GBV) against women is reported to be drastically decreasing, the situation is just the opposite for children aged around 12 years in Temeke and Ilala districts, Dar es Salaam region. Police gender desks in the districts ...

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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.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Sep

Gang rape, gender violence film for first screening in Dar

A new film that depicts gang rape and other forms of gender violence against women and girls will be screened for the first time in Dar es Salaam next month.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

10 Nov

Violence behind persistent increase of street children

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Violence behind persistent increase of street children
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Violence on children is the leading cause of the persistent increase of street children with many opting to face the uncertainties and dangers of the streets than endure violence at home. Speaking during a media advocacy and stakeholders workshop on child ...

 

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

Daily News
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 ...
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10 years ago

Daily News

25 Aug

Gender violence hits Isles

Gender violence hits Isles
Daily News
ACTIVISTS in Wete District, Pemba North, complain that the culture of mercy exhibited by offended families to perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) often results in ending the cases out of courts. Speaking during a workshop on social transformation ...

 

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

Daily News

30 Jun

Poverty foments gender violence

Poverty foments gender violence
Daily News
POVERTY is believed to be fuelling Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Kilimanjaro Region, a situation that affects families and forces children to live in precarious conditions in the streets. The Kilimanjaro Police Force Head of Gender Desk, Assistant ...

 

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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