TWLA handles 40000 violence on women cases since 1990

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TWLA handles 40000 violence on women cases since 1990
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Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA) has managed to handle over 40,000 Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases in the country since its establishment in 1990, it has been learnt. The trend was revealed yesterday in Dar es Salaam by the ...
TAWLA expands legal aid to more womenDaily News

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Habari Zinazoendana

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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9 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Dec

Violence victims not reporting cases: survey

Victims of domestic violence in Mwanza Region rarely report incidents to the authorities due to cultural norms and fear of members of the family, a legal expert has said.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

17 Dec

Tanzania: Violence Victims Not Reporting Cases - Survey

Tanzania: Violence Victims Not Reporting Cases - Survey
AllAfrica.com
Mwanza — Victims of domestic violence in Mwanza Region rarely report incidents to the authorities due to cultural norms and fear of members of the family, a legal expert has said. Mr Linus Amri, the coordinator of Tanganyika Law Society in the region ...

 

10 years ago

Independent Online

27 May

Zanzibar fights violence against women

Independent Online
Zanzibar fights violence against women
Independent Online
Zanzibar, Tanzania - Natasha Ali was devastated when she realised the man accused of snatching her 14-year-old daughter off a street in Zanzibar and raping her had been freed for lack of evidence. Her daughter was grabbed as she strolled through an ...
Zanzibar police beef up fight against sexual, physical abuse of womenTODAYonline

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9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Nov

Violence against women on the rise in Dodoma

About 33 per cent of women in Dodoma have experienced serious physical and psychological abuses and the figure has shown steady increase over the last 12 months, The Citizen can reveal.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 May

Project to free women from violence launched

A new project aimed at freeing girls and women from gender-based violence, especially the practice of female genitalmutilation (FGM), has been launched in the district here by the African Medical Research Foundation (Amref), also known as Amref Health Africa.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

15 Dec

'Only legal empowerment will end violence against women'

'Only legal empowerment will end violence against women'
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Legal empowerment is a practical instrument that could halt massive discrimination and violence against women and girls in Tanzania. “Communities must be empowered if we really want to rescue women and girls from massive human rights violation, which ...

 

5 years ago

BBC

05 Jun

#WeAreTired: Nigerian women speak out over wave of violence

Thousands sign a petition and use the hashtag #WeAreTired to protest against recent rapes and killings.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

28 Nov

'Stop All Forms of Violence Against Women', Gender Minister

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
'Stop All Forms of Violence Against Women', Gender Minister
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Monrovia — Liberia's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Julia Duncan Cassell has alarmed that in the wake of the Ebola epidemic which is an emergency health and development issue, women and children are still being violated. "Different ...
VAW DayABS CBN News (blog)
16 days of activism against gender-based violence beginsGhana Broadcasting Corporation
Free State police campaign...

 

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