Gender violence on the rise in Zanzibar
Gender violence on the rise in Zanzibar
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ZANZIBAR'S one-stop-centre at Mnazi-Mmoja Referral Hospital had more than 900 reported cases of gender violence between 2012 and 2013, officers at the centre said. “We had 924 cases of abuse dealt with at the centre. These included defilement, rape, ...
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Habari Zinazoendana
11 years ago
AllAfrica.Com24 Jul
Campaign Begins in Zanzibar As Tool to Fight Gender Violence
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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!
10 years ago
TheCitizen29 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
TheCitizen21 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 News20 Feb
Gender violence must be halted
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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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11 years ago
Daily News06 Jun
Gender violence remains worrisome
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THE government has admitted that gender violence remains a big problem in the country with 6,000 cases reported in 2013 alone. The Deputy Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, Ms Pindi Chana, told the National Assembly that the ...
11 years ago
Daily News19 Feb
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 ...
11 years ago
TheCitizen12 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 News30 Jun
Poverty foments gender violence
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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
Daily News25 Aug
Gender violence hits Isles
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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 ...
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