Only Education Can End Unwanted Marriages

Only Education Can End Unwanted Marriages
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — THE practice of child marriage is still common in many areas because it is embedded in culture and Islamic Religion. According to a recent media survey in some areas of the islands, child marriage is also a furtive practice in families. The survey ...

AllAfrica.com

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

30 Nov

Zambia: Investment in Education to End Child Marriages

Zambia: Investment in Education to End Child Marriages
AllAfrica.com
AS the country observes the 16 days of Gender activism which started on November 25 and ends on December 10 , it is important for all stake-holders to reflect on some of the measures that have been put in place to curb the scourge of Gender based ...
16 Days Activism focus on child educationDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Girl's Agenda takes campaign against gender-based violence to madrassasThe...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

06 Apr

Activists intensify efforts to end child marriages

Activists intensify efforts to end child marriages
Daily News
AS the debate rages on and social and human rights activists exert more pressure to increase the marriage age to 18, a new alliance has been formed towards strengthening efforts to end child marriage in the country. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...

 

9 years ago

Daily News | The National Newspaper (Press Release) (Blog)

02 Oct

Child marriages limit girls' access to education

Child marriages limit girls' access to education
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
IN the recent past, child marriages in Tanzania has become rampant, seriously limiting girls' access to education and exposing them to violence, rape and exploitation. A report by Human Rights Watch issued late last year said four out of 10 girls in ...

 

5 years ago

BBC

31 May

LGBT: Covid-19 forced me back home where I'm 'unwanted'

'Emma' lost her job and had to move back to the village where she feels 'misunderstood'.

 

5 years ago

Engadget

29 Feb

Boeing didn't conduct end-to-end tests on Starliner before its failed flight

Boeing didn't conduct end-to-end tests on Starliner before its failed flight  EngadgetBoeing says thorough testing would have caught Starliner software problems  Spaceflight Now‘We Have Gaps to Fill’: Starliner Manager Admits to Wrongfully Testing Spacecraft During Mission  Sputnik InternationalHow Boeing software errors jeopardized its 737 Max and NASA spaceship - Business Insider  Business InsiderBoeing defends Starliner space capsule ground tests after problematic debut...

 

10 years ago

Mail &Amp; Guardian Online

14 Nov

Tanzania: Marriages of convenience

Tanzania: Marriages of convenience
Mail & Guardian Online
It is 12.30pm and an older woman emerges from her tiny mud house. A younger woman is making some porridge outside. These two women are husband and wife: they are traditionally married and they have children. This practice is called nyumba ntobhu in ...

 

10 years ago

Castanet.Net

17 Nov

Forced child marriages

Castanet.net
Forced child marriages
Castanet.net
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, speaks as Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, listens. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette. Grim human rights reports on forced child marriages in Tanzania are making the government take a hard look at ...
Ottawa quietly pushing aid partner Tanzania on kids' rights, forced marriageCTV News
Ottawa quietly pushing aid partner Tanzania on kid's rights, forced marriage570 News

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10 years ago

Daily News

25 May

Child marriages prompt survey

Child marriages prompt survey
Daily News
A NATIONAL child marriage survey has just begun to establish the current trend of child marriage cases and major causes of the problem in the country. The findings will play a significant role in placing more efforts and new measures to curb child marriages ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

01 May

Ngo hailed for saving marriages

Women here have commended Tanzania Males for Equal Partners (TMEP) project disseminating maternal health education to men, saying that it’s helping to strengthen most marriages and reducing gender violence.

 

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