TGNP organes public debate on gender violence

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TGNP organes public debate on gender violence
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MORE than 500 people are expected to take part in an open debate organized by the Tanzania Gender Network Programme at the Mabibo grounds tomorrow aimed at addressing gender-based violence. A statement sued in Dar es Salaam by TGNP Acting ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Nov

INSIGHT: Gender equity needed to mitigate gender violence

>From November 25 to December 10 every year, gender and human rights activists across the world participate in 16 days of activism against gender-based violence directed especially towards women and girls.

 

11 years ago

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20 Feb

Gender violence must be halted

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Gender violence must be halted
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A RESEARCH carried out by the Tanzania Media Women Association (Tamwa) has shown that gender violence is perpetrated notoriously in most Zanzibar Districts. The human rights abuses include rape, underage pregnancies and wife bashing. Incredibly ...
Nghidinwa Admits Govt Failed On ViolenceAllAfrica.com

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Feb

Stopping gender violence

Rahima* is a girl who has had a harrowing experience of being raped. Some two years ago, Rahima was raped at her parents’ house by a neighbour.

 

10 years ago

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25 Aug

Gender violence hits Isles

Gender violence hits Isles
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ACTIVISTS in Wete District, Pemba North, complain that the culture of mercy exhibited by offended families to perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) often results in ending the cases out of courts. Speaking during a workshop on social transformation ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Apr

No to tampering with gender violence cases

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No to tampering with gender violence cases
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Since the enactment of the Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act (SOSPA), 1998, a lot of effort has been invested in educating people on gender violence issues. The act says in part: “Any person who, with intent to cause sexual annoyance to any person ...
Tougher Laws Needed to Punish RapistsAllAfrica.com

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Nov

EDITORIAL: Big ‘no’ to gender violence

>As the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we need to look at our situation in Tanzania where, according to a  survey carried out last year, 10 per cent of women aged 15 to 49 reported that their first sexual experience was forced on them. That is rape!

 

11 years ago

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19 Feb

Gender based violence report out

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Gender based violence report out
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TANZANIA Media Women's Association (Tamwa) will today, launch a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survey report which was conducted in December last year in 20 districts on Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. A statement released in Dar es Salaam on ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Apr

Gender Based Violence still rampant in TZ

>It was in the middle of an unforgettable night, when voices of children and a woman crying for help woke me up. Trying to figure out what was happening I realised my neighbour Amon, was beating his wife Ana.

 

11 years ago

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06 Jun

Gender violence remains worrisome

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Gender violence remains worrisome
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THE government has admitted that gender violence remains a big problem in the country with 6,000 cases reported in 2013 alone. The Deputy Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children, Ms Pindi Chana, told the National Assembly that the ...

 

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