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.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Mar

EDITORIAL: Sustain fight for gender equity despite the gains

>Tanzania joined the international community yesterday in celebrating International Women’s Day, with a variety of activities aimed at demonstrating mainly two things: one, there is still a lot to be done to attain the necessary gender equity and two, women have the capacity to do what men can, if a level playing field would prevail in human societies.

 

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

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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 News

19 Feb

Gender based violence report out

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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

Daily News

30 Jun

Poverty foments gender violence

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 ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Apr

No to tampering with gender violence cases

IPPmedia
No to tampering with gender violence cases
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Since the enactment of the Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act (SOSPA), 1998, a lot of effort has been invested in educating people on gender violence issues. The act says in part: “Any person who, with intent to cause sexual annoyance to any person ...
Tougher Laws Needed to Punish RapistsAllAfrica.com

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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

06 Jun

Gender violence remains worrisome

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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 News

18 Jan

Gender violence on the rise in Zanzibar

Gender violence on the rise in Zanzibar
Daily News
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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