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.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

IPPmedia

21 Oct

'Orphaned girls forced into early marriages by family caretakers'

IPPmedia
'Orphaned girls forced into early marriages by family caretakers'
IPPmedia
Caretakers of orphaned girls in Tarime District and elsewhere in the country are the centre of allegations surrounding forced early marriages this despite ongoing efforts to protect women and children's rights. Interviewed recently in the region, scores of school ...

 

10 years ago

PRI

31 Mar

Saving teen girls from early marriage – and mutilation

PRI
Saving teen girls from early marriage — and mutilation
PRI
I'm on a bumpy dirt road leading out of Tarime in rural, northern Tanzania. With me is local child rights activist Kambibi Kamugisha. As we leave the city behind, we notice small processions of people decked out with crowns and sashes. They're blowing ...

 

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.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

30 May

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 ...

 

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

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

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 ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Dec

2,000 Mara girls forced to flee homes to escape FGM

A total of 2,118 girls have fled their homes since November 15 this year to escape female genital mutilation (FGM) in some areas of Mara Region.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

04 Dec

15 Siha girls cheat FGM, marriage

15 Siha girls cheat FGM, marriage
Daily News
FIFTEEN primary school children who had been lined up for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and subsequent marriage have been saved from the ordeal as police have been called in to handle the matter. The children, mainly from pastoralt communities here ...

 

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