Lobby demands review of Child Law and Marriage Act

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Lobby demands review of Child Law and Marriage Act
IPPmedia
Stakeholders are pushing for inclusion of their views to the controversial Child Law of 2009 citing the inherent contradiction of the law and the Marriage Act. While the latter legalises marriage of girls at the age 14 and 15 with court and parents ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

IPPmedia

28 Aug

Govt keen to review Marriage Act

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Govt keen to review Marriage Act
IPPmedia
The government has said it is committed to undertake major amendments to the long-disputed Marriage Act of 1971 after collecting the views of key players and the public across the country. Anna Maembe, Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Community ...

 

9 years ago

Daily News

19 Aug

SADC drafts model law to control child marriage

SADC drafts model law to control child marriage
Daily News
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is working on a Model Law on Child Marriage, which seeks to prevent, prohibit and respond to all forms of the vice which is prevalent in Tanzania and other member countries of the regional grouping.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

26 Aug

Dar pins Marriage Act review hopes on new constitution

Dar pins Marriage Act review hopes on new constitution
Daily News
THE government has pegged its hopes regarding the overhaul of the repressive 1971 Marriage Act on the envisaged new constitution. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children, Ms Ana Maenda, said the 1971 ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jan

Act on child marriage crisis, Graca challenges Dar varsity

>The widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela yesterday urged the University of Dar es Salaam to come up with a methodology, which would help  address child marriage in the country.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

15 Jul

Development advocacy lobby urges priority on economy, rule of law during ...

Development advocacy lobby urges priority on economy, rule of law during ...
IPPmedia
The CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt) urges transparency and unwavering commitment to prioritise economic development, good governance and rule of law during the campaign season. The call was made in a press statement circulated to media ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Nov

Review marriage legislation now, activists tell authorities

Gender activists have reiterated the need for the government to hear the public call to review the Marriage Act of 1971 which allows girls as young as 14-year-old to marry with parental consent, saying it frustrates the war against child marriages and gender-based violence.

 

10 years ago

Free Tanzania

02 Sep

Campaigning for a Child Marriage

Campaigning for a Child Marriage-Free Tanzania
AllAfrica.com
A new drive to end child marriage is underway in Tanzania. In a country where almost two out of five girls will be married before their 18th birthday, the "Child Marriage-Free Zone" campaign faces an uphill struggle. At the age of 16, Mahija Mwita was forced ...

 

10 years ago

Sabahi Online

29 Aug

Zanzibar Law Society demands investigation into prisoners held on mainland

Zanzibar Law Society demands investigation into prisoners held on mainland
Sabahi Online
The Zanzibar Law Society (ZLS) has called for investigations into the Tanzanian government's alleged abuse of Zanzibari suspects charged with terrorism, Tanzania's Daily News reported Thursday (August 28th). "These are serious allegations against law ...
Lawyers Decry 'Abuse' On Terrorism SuspectsAllAfrica.com

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Aug

Machel: Stop child marriage

>Widow of South  African anti –apartheid icon Neslon Mandela, Graca Machel yesterday launched a crusade against child marriage that will begin with  Mara Region.

 

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