Promoting gender equality, women empowerment

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Women's places: the fight for gender equality in tourism
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On the slopes of Mount Meru in northern Tanzania, Fatima Faraji welcomes guests to her 20-acre coffee plantation, where she harvests only the fullest cherry-red arabica berries. Hand-picked by a team of experienced women, the coffee is pulped and ...

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Struggles for gender equality, women's economic liberation gather pace in ...
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The main goal of the campaign is to influence women to enhance their financial well-being through proper financial management, sound investment including agriculture and proper use of financial tools and services available. Although the battle against all ...
New Constitution Set to Speed Up Popular Political ParticipationAllAfrica.com

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“Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights” launches in seven cities

A major report from UN Women, released today in seven locations globally, brings together human rights and economic policymaking to call for far-reaching changes to the global policy agenda that will transform economies and make women’s rights, and equality, a reality. It takes an in-depth look at what the economy would look like if it truly worked for women, for the benefit of...

It’s four months since Jane (pseudonym) was employed and like many young graduates who wait excitedly to be employed, she clearly saw her once shattered dreams coming true when she was officially given her employment contract. But soon after she started her job, it came to light that Jane was pregnant.

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'New Constitution Honours Gender Equality'
AllAfrica.com
THERE is jubilation among women in different regions, after the Draft constitution decided to include a section that gives women the power to own and inherit land, just like their male counterparts. Women activists associations are among the groups which ...
Final draft commended for upholding women's rightsIPPmedia

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Daily News
Katiba Must Streamline Gender Equality
AllAfrica.com
MIXED reactions have greeted the proposed draft constitution tabled in the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Dodoma this week. Indeed, there have been varying opinions from members of the public and organisations, some hailing the document as a job well ...
Where goes the 300000/- in a dayDaily News

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President Jakaya Kikwete has unveiled  plans to abolish laws that discriminate against women as part of the implementation of the newly launched Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Gender equality, human rights in new Constitution - minister
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The government remains committed to gender equality and advancement of human rights especially now when the country is working on a new Constitution, the deputy minister of Community Development, Gender and Children, Pindi Chana has said.

Activists demand gender equality in new cabinet
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Human Rights' activists have called upon President John Magufuli to be gender sensitive when appointing his cabinet. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Dar es Salaam, chairman of the Feminist Activist Coalition (FemAct), Abdullah Othman said ...