Miniskirts land Ugandan women in jail for 3 hours

The Ugandan women who strip to defend their land

A Ugandan woman named Nambi Fatumah has been sentenced to 5 years in prison together with her baby in Kuwait for getting pregnant outside marriage.

According to the chairperson of the Association of Ugandans living in Asian and Arab countries, Ali Nusbuga, Fatumah was produced to court a few months ago and would have been saved from the verdict had the government and Human Rights bodies intervened.

He said that much it breaks the law in Kuwait for a woman that is not married to get...

>The ten terror suspects arrested in September last year from the Kampala suburbs have further been remanded to Luzira prison.

About 130 km from Arusha off the Simanjiro plains, lies Sukuro Village where many residents are Maasai.

Smartphones help Tanzanian women secure land rights
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ILALASIMBA, Tanzania, Aug 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Y olanda Ngunda has every reason to smile now she holds a title deed recognising her as sole owner of a disputed plot of rugged farmland in Tanzania's remote southern highlands. For the ...

>Tanzania Women Bank (TWB) plans to run a programme through which thousands of women in the country will be enabled to own land so that they can access bank loans.

Tanzania's proposed constitution empowers women to own land
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DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sakina Mzava was still mourning the loss of her husband when her father-in-law kicked her out of her marital home in Vikindu village in Tanzania's Coast Region. He also told her to hand over a ...
TRF-Tanzania's proposed constitution empowers women to own landReuters Africa

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Tanzania's Proposed Constitution Guarantees Land Rights for Women
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Tanzania's parliament endorsed the proposed constitution last week. The proposal will first go through a referendum. Tanzania's parliament have introduced a new article for the country's constitution that will secure more rights for women. According to Prime ...
A New Constitution For Tanzania Equals New Hope For WomenAFKInsider

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As the world celebrated International Women’s Day at the weekend, we at the newly formed ‘Mama Ardhi Alliance’ reflected on what achievements have been made for and by women here in Tanzania.