Stop endorsing early child marriages:Govt

“Girls are not given an independent voice in decision making at home, dictated against for instance in marriage and property inheritance” report

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'Orphaned girls forced into early marriages by family caretakers'
IPPmedia
Caretakers of orphaned girls in Tarime District and elsewhere in the country are the centre of allegations surrounding forced early marriages this despite ongoing efforts to protect women and children's rights. Interviewed recently in the region, scores of school ...

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Forced child marriages
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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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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 ...

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Graca Machel Snubs Child Marriages
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA was on Tuesday asked to take the continental lead in the struggle against child marriage as the country did in its fight against colonialism across Southern Africa. Launching the National Ending Child Marriage Campaign, "Child Marriage- Free ...
Former S. Africa first lady Graca Machel leads campaign against child marriagesIPPmedia

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Child marriages draw scrutiny from Ottawa
Regina Leader-Post
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete attend the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit in Toronto in May. Photograph by: Nathan Denette, The Canadian Press , The Canadian Press. Grim human rights reports ...
Forced child marriagesCastanet.net
Ottawa pushing aid partner Tanzania on rightsVictoria News
Ottawa quietly pushing aid partner Tanzania on kid's rights, forced marriagemysask.com

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Unite in Fighting Child Marriages, Public Told
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — CHILD marriages will be a thing of the past if parents and members of the society decide to abandon old customs that encourage the destructive social practice. "Let's try to abandon the customs which encourage child marriages, so that our ...

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) ...

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...