Katiba should respect us, say women activists

Women’s rights activists want the new constitution to respect the dignity of women and protect them from all forms of gender-based violence.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Feb

Women deserve more respect

Despite sustained campaigns against gender-based violence and discrimination against women, most Tanzanians still consider the female of the species inferior to men.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

DEAR DIARY: Where is the respect for women?

>It was just last week when I wrote about street harassment. I talked about two videos I had seen, one was of a male journalist in Egypt who disguised himself as a woman. He experienced physical and verbal abuse.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

04 Jun

Activists for women candidates in coming polls

Activists for women candidates in coming polls
Daily News
TANZANIA Media Women Association (TAMWA) in collaboration with Women and Constitution Coalition in Tanzania have urged political parties to support gender equality in the nomination of candidates for October general elections. A statement issued in ...

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Dec

Activists want women to fill four empty ministerial posts

IPPmedia
Activists want women to fill four empty ministerial posts
IPPmedia
Gender activists in the country have appealed to the fifth-phase government to appoint women to cover the remaining ministerial posts for the country to attain 50/50 representation. In a joint statement circulated to media on Tuesday and signed by ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

26 Jan

Constitution: Women activists to camp in Dodoma for excluded rights

Constitution: Women activists to camp in Dodoma for excluded rights
IPPmedia
The Network for Women and Constitution Coalition in Tanzania (WCCT) has commended the second constitution draft, saying that it had considered over 80 per cent of substantial issues on women's rights that its members had raised as matters of concern.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Mar

As Tanzania’s linguistic heartbeat, Kiswahili, deserves high respect respect

The late Prof Ali Mazrui stated in the book The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in Africa: “One out of every five black people on earth has a European language for a mother tongue.” Mazrui then proceeded to show how English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish dominate the African linguistic landscape.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

17 Oct

Proposed Katiba delights activists

Proposed Katiba delights activists
Daily News
HUMAN rights activists under the umbrella of Gender Forum Coalition on the Constitution (GFC) have expressed their satisfaction with the proposed constitution as over ninety per cent of their proposed articles have been included. Addressing a press ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Sep

Katiba: Women for equal rights

Women have reiterated their quest for 50:50 representation in all decision-making bodies, insisting that the new Constitution should state clearly about equal rights between men and women.

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

28 Feb

Sh30 Million Grant to Boost Women Katiba Participation

Sh30 Million Grant to Boost Women Katiba Participation
AllAfrica.com
THE Canadian government has granted the Tanzania Women's Lawyers Associations (TAWLA) 30m/- to support a project designed to help women participate in the ongoing constitution reviews. The Canadian High Commissioner to Tanzania, Mr Alexandre ...

 

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