Mara to launch campaign against child marriage, FGM
Daily NewsMara to launch campaign against child marriage, FGM
Daily News
Mara region will this week witness the launch of what is tipped to be a historic campaign aimed at eliminating child marriages and female genital mutilation(FGM) in the region. Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, Ms Sophia Simba, ...
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Habari Zinazoendana
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Mail &Amp; Guardian Online10 Nov
Child marriage and FGM in Tanzania
Mail & Guardian Online
HRW calls on Tanzania to set the minimum age for marriage at 18, following an investigation into high levels of child marriage and FGM in the country. Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls' access to education and exposes them to serious harms, Human ...
10 years ago
Coastweek13 Feb
Tanzania signs commitment to prevent child marriage and FGM
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Tanzania and their development partners have signed a new commitment aimed at intensifying efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage in the country. "The government is fully ...
10 years ago
Vijimambo06 Jan
PRESS RELEASE: FGM GRADUATION IN MARA “Mara youth: vessels and voices of change in ending FGM”
Masanga, 05 January 2015 – As efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are intensifying in the country, 836 young people– 634 girls and 202 boys from Tarime and Loliondo districts, have gone through alternative rites of passage training. The young people were awarded certificates of merit during a graduation ceremony organized by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul on Monday 5th January 2015 and officiated by Minister of Labour and Employment, Hon. Gaudensia Kabaka.
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Daily News08 May
Project saves 5000 Mara girls from child marriage
Daily News
ABOUT 5,000 girls were rescued from child marriage in Mara region in the past three years following implementation of a project, Mobilizing Action to Safeguard the Rights of Girls in Tanzania. The project, which is being carried out by Children's Dignity Forum ...
10 years ago
Daily News04 Dec
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 ...
11 years ago
AllAfrica.Com10 Oct
Will Graca Machel Campaign Eliminate FGM in Tarime?
AllAfrica.com
Former South African First Lady Graca Machel, speaks during the launch of End Child Marriage campaign in Dar es Salaam last August. She is flanked by two girls, Pili Mohere and Happiness Rhobi. (File photo). ACTIVISTS in the Child Marriage Free Zone ...
11 years ago
Free Tanzania02 Sep
Campaigning for a Child Marriage
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 ...
11 years ago
TheCitizen27 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.
10 years ago
IPPmedia04 May
Time to end child marriage is now
IPPmedia
United Nations Women Deputy Executive Director of Policy and Programme John Hendra once said: “Child marriage violates girls' rights and undermines girls' and young women's independence and autonomy.” Millions of girls — some as young as five ...
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