Girl raped yet forced into marriage

Girl raped yet forced into marriage
Daily News
SHE was walking to school one morning and before reaching her destination, one man hijacked her then took her to his house. This fifteen-year-old girl in Karagwe District, Kagera Region who was in Form Two at Kihanda Secondary School was held captive ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Sep

How girl escaped forced marriage

She had a dream of becoming a teacher when she joined Form One in Mbarali District, Mbeya Region, three years ago.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Jul

EDITORIAL: Say no to forced marriage

>Marriage is essentially a hallowed institution, but its place in society is gravely compromised by people, mostly greedy men, who have turned their daughters into commodities for sale in which, by and large, livestock is the currency.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Mar

Meet the Tanzanian woman who said ‘No’ to forced marriage

I am one among nearly 50 children of my father, who has six wives. For none of them was his choice. Men come to my father with rings that act as a booking for a wife, just like they go to any Maasai elder who has or expects daughters.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Nov

Hapless Tarime girls forced into early marriage

Bunyinge Chacha 30, a resident of Buriba Village in Sirari Tarime District has been injured after her husband speared her in the right buttock allegedly for refusing to support the decision to marry off their 11 year-old daughter forcefully.

 

10 years ago

CTV News

17 Nov

Ottawa quietly pushing aid partner Tanzania on kids' rights, forced marriage

CTV News
Ottawa quietly pushing aid partner Tanzania on kids' rights, forced marriage
CTV News
OTTAWA -- Grim human rights reports on forced child marriages in Tanzania are making the government take a hard look at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top African partner in his signature aid initiative. The most recent report by New York-based Human ...

 

11 years ago

AsiaNews.It

06 Feb

Christian girl abducted, converted and forced to marry a Muslim in Lahore

Christian girl abducted, converted and forced to marry a Muslim in Lahore
AsiaNews.it
The family of Samariya Nadeem staged a protest this morning in front of the city's press club. For the past three weeks, their 16-year-old daughter has been in the hands of a wealthy landowner. As police and the authorities fail to free her, the Catholic Church ...
Is Tanzania Radical Islam's Next Target?Huffington Post

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10 years ago

Croydon Guardian

01 Apr

18 year sentence for paedophile who raped girl over a three year period

Croydon Guardian
18 year sentence for paedophile who raped girl over a three year period
Croydon Guardian
Using small change to pay off his victim, a man found guilty of raping an underage girl over a three year period has been jailed for 18 years. Alex Baah, 42, of Bolstall Hill, Abbey Wood, began raping the girl, now 16, when she was just 13 at a house in New ...
Katie Price: Jordan only comes out at night nowRichmond and Twickenham Times
Tanzanian food odyssey lands Trafalgar Infant School...

 

9 years ago

Reuters Africa

13 Nov

Rescue of 14-year-old Tanzanian girl from marriage hoped to deter others

Rescue of 14-year-old Tanzanian girl from marriage hoped to deter others
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A dramatic rescue by Tanzanian police of a 14-year-old girl about to be married against her will should act as a warning to parents who marry off daughters for a dowry and deprive them of an ...

 

9 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

14 Nov

Rescue of 14-year-old Tanzanian girl from marriage hoped to deter

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rescue of 14-year-old Tanzanian girl from marriage hoped to deter
Thomson Reuters Foundation
In this 2008 file photo, Maasai girls study inside a classroom at Emusoi Centre in Arusha. REUTERS/David Conrad (TANZANIA). Tweet · Recommend · Google + · LinkedIn · Email Print. Leave us a comment. DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 13 (Thomson Reuters ...

 

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