Hanang pastoralists secure customary rights over land

Smartphones help Tanzanian women secure land rights
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ILALASIMBA, Tanzania, Aug 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Y olanda Ngunda has every reason to smile now she holds a title deed recognising her as sole owner of a disputed plot of rugged farmland in Tanzania's remote southern highlands. For the ...

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Women's rights and customary wrongs
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A UN panel has ruled that Tanzania had violated its international human rights obligations to protect the right of women to own, manage, enjoy and dispose of property. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. HomeWorldInternational · Tzili Mor - Aug 11, 2015 9:41am ...

>Care Tanzania yesterday launched a land rights programme aimed at supporting the rights of small farmers and pastoralists in areas affected by commercial agriculture.

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'Settle pastoralists to end land conflicts'
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) Bishop for Morogoro Diocese, Jacob Mameo, who is part of a special task force to mitigate land disputes, has advised the government to set up infrastructure that will keep pastoralists from migrating and that ...

The Livestock Keepers Association in the Lake Zone has asked the government to allocate them specific areas for undertaking their pastoral activities in a bid to avoid frequent land disputes that have been occurring between them, farmers, investors as well as national parks.

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Tanzania's new citizens to get land, voting rights
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DAR ES SALAAM, 17 October 2014 (IRIN) - Over 162,000 former Burundian refugees, who were recently granted Tanzanian citizenship after living in the country for over four decades, will now be able to buy and own land and vote, said a senior government ...
200000 refugees from Burundi awarded citizenship in TanzaniaRescue (blog)
Tanzania begins granting citizenship to over 162000 former Burundian refugees ...UNHCR (press...

As the world celebrated International Women’s Day at the weekend, we at the newly formed ‘Mama Ardhi Alliance’ reflected on what achievements have been made for and by women here in Tanzania.

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Tanzania's Proposed Constitution Guarantees Land Rights for Women
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Tanzania's parliament endorsed the proposed constitution last week. The proposal will first go through a referendum. Tanzania's parliament have introduced a new article for the country's constitution that will secure more rights for women. According to Prime ...
A New Constitution For Tanzania Equals New Hope For WomenAFKInsider

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>Land and Wildlife legislations are sidelining hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, and other marginalised communities, a lawyer and activist has observed.