Tanzania signs commitment to prevent child marriage and FGM
Tanzania signs commitment to prevent child marriage and FGM
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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 ...
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Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
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
Daily News07 Oct
Mara to launch campaign against child marriage, FGM
Daily News
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, ...
10 years ago
IPPmedia11 Feb
Tanzania signs Girls Summit Charter on FGM
IPPmedia
IPPmedia
British High Commissioner Dianna Melrose at the signing of an agreement in Dsm yesterday under which the government of Tanzania committed itself to ending FGM and child marriages. The government has signed Girls Summit Charter that calls for the ...
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East African Business Week
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10 years ago
East African Business Week03 Nov
Child Marriage Prevalent in Tanzania
East African Business Week
Dar es Salaam — The Human Rights Watch report on child marriages in Tanzania, documents how child marriages severely curtail girls' access to education. It has exposed them to exploitation and violence that destruct social wellbeing of the people.
10 years ago
Thomson Reuters Foundation30 Oct
Tanzania: Child Marriage Harms Girls
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls' access to education and exposes them to serious harms. Human Rights Watch ...
11 years ago
SOS Children21 Jan
Protecting girls from child marriage in Tanzania and worldwide
SOS Children
SOS Children
1988 saw the first SOS Children's Village open in Tanzania at Zanzibar, followed by a children's village at Arusha and Dar es Salaam. Over 150 are cared for in loving family homes at these locations and more than 700 children from the local communities ...
10 years ago
AllAfrica.Com17 Sep
Combating Tanzania's High Child Marriage Rates
AllAfrica.com
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Happiness Rhobi, in the Mara Region of Tanzania, was 12 years old when her parents decided she was old enough to be married. They pulled her from school, planned to have her undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) and ...
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 ...
10 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 ...
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