LHRC: Set up mechanism to protect women`s rights

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LHRC: Set up mechanism to protect women`s rights
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Legal and Human Right Centre (LHRC) will continue to advocate for legal framework that can protect Tanzanian women against Gender Based Violence (GBV), the centre's Executive Director said. “We need to put forward strong mechanism and laws to ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

IPPmedia

16 Sep

How marital contracts can protect women's rights in Zanzibar

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How marital contracts can protect women's rights in Zanzibar
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Despite their big contributions in their family matters, women's rights of having a share when their husbands die or get a divorce is difficult to attain due to some weaknesses in Zanzibar laws. Media Women's Association (TAMWA)-Zanzibar, has encouraged ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

13 Apr

Helpage Moves to Magu to Protect Old Women's Rights

Helpage Moves to Magu to Protect Old Women's Rights
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HELPAGE International has launched a two-year project with funding from the European Union (EU) to promote and protect older women's rights in Tanzania. This project is going to be implemented in Magu district, Mwanza Region by HelpAge International ...

 

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

11 Jul

On World Population Day Ban Ki-moon calls to protect women’s rights

 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Not since the end of the Second World War have so many people been forced from their homes across the planet. With nearly 60 million individuals having fled conflict or disaster, women and adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable.  Violent extremists and armed groups are committing terrible abuses that result in trauma, unintended pregnancy and infection with HIV and other diseases.  Shame and accountability rest squarely on the shoulders of the...

 

10 years ago

The Guardian

15 Oct

Women in Tanzania set for equal land rights – let's make sure it happens

The Guardian
Women in Tanzania set for equal land rights – let's make sure it happens
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Tanzanian women have until now had to rely on tenuous rights to land to feed themselves and their families. Photograph: Tom Gilks/Alamy. Sponsored by: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Jennifer Duncan and Scholastica Haule. Wednesday 15 October ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Jun

Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC)

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Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC)
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Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) intend to challenge the High Court's ruling that as corporate bodies they had no authority to file a constitutional petition against Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda's remarks on law ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

15 Feb

LHRC trains media on human rights

LHRC trains media on human rights
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Members of the public should shun taking the law into their own hands because mob violence is evil, the Director of Advocacy and Reforms at the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said here over the weekend. Advocate Harold Sungusia made the ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

JK: I’ve done a lot to protect human rights

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday bid farewell to employees of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) expressing optimism that his administration had done a great job in protecting people’s rights.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Nov

LHRC deploys researchers nationwide for Human Rights and Business Report

LHRC deploys researchers nationwide for Human Rights and Business Report
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Thirty research assistants have been deployed to all regions of Tanzania mainland to conduct an assessment on adherence of human rights in the country for this year's Human Rights and Business Report. The initiative is a brainchild of the Legal and Human ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Nov

Refugee children too have rights; let’s protect them

Today (yesterday) is Universal Children’s Day. The event is used as a platform to raise awareness about the various forms of abuse and discrimination that children experience.

 

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