Zanzibar women divorced after voting in controversial election

Yahoo News UK
Zanzibar women divorced after voting in controversial election
Yahoo News UK
Dozens of women in Zanzibar have been divorced or abandoned by their husbands after voting in the October presidential and general election election, rights groups have warned. Activists also said some women did not vote or voted for candidates they ...
Scores of Zanzibar women forcibly divorced for voting in Tanzania electionsThe Independent
Tanzanian Lawyers: Up to 50 Women Divorced for Defying Husbands...

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9 years ago

The Independent

09 Dec

Scores of Zanzibar women forcibly divorced for voting in Tanzania elections

The Independent
Scores of Zanzibar women forcibly divorced for voting in Tanzania elections
The Independent
Up to 50 women in Zanzibar have been divorced for taking part in the recent Tanzanian elections against the will of their husbands, according to lawyers and women's rights campaigners. Mzuri Issa, coordinator of the Tanzania Media Women's Association ...
Women in Zanzibar divorced for voting in elections, suffrage the first battle ...Firstpost
Scores of women 'divorced or abandoned' for...

 

9 years ago

The Guardian

08 Dec

Scores of women 'divorced or abandoned' for voting in Tanzanian elections

The Guardian
Scores of women 'divorced or abandoned' for voting in Tanzanian elections
The Guardian
Many women did not take part in the election for fear of being abandoned by their husbands, according to activists. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFP/Getty Images. Reuters. Monday 7 December 2015 22.46 EST Last modified on Monday 7 December 2015 ...
Over 50 women divorced over Tanzania polls- lawyersCitizen TV (press release)
Tanzanian lawyers say up to 50 women divorced for defying husbands in...

 

9 years ago

News24 Nigeria

10 Dec

Scores of women divorced, abandoned for voting in Tanzania polls

News24 Nigeria
Scores of women divorced, abandoned for voting in Tanzania polls
News24 Nigeria
Dodomba - Nearly 50 women have been divorced in Zanzibar after they participated in the recent Tanzanian election, lawyers and women's rights activists have said, according to reports. The Guardian said at least 47 women were reported to have been ...
Scores of Zanzibar women forcibly divorced for voting in Tanzania electionsThe Independent
Zanzibar women divorced after voting in controversial...

 

9 years ago

BBC News

17 Nov

Zanzibar election: Couples 'divorce' over voting difference

BBC News
Zanzibar election: Couples 'divorce' over voting difference
BBC News
Husbands who abandoned their children after disagreeing with their wives' choices in Zanzibar's election must provide for their families, a women's rights lawyer has told the BBC. The call comes after divorces following October's election. The vote on ...

 

9 years ago

Voice Of America

09 Dec

Tanzanian Lawyers: Up to 50 Women Divorced for Defying Husbands in Vote

Voice of America
Tanzanian Lawyers: Up to 50 Women Divorced for Defying Husbands in Vote
Voice of America
December 08, 2015 6:30 PM. DAR ES SALAAM—. Up to 50 women in Zanzibar have been divorced for taking part in the recent Tanzanian elections against the will of their husbands, according to lawyers and women's rights campaigners. Mzuri Issa ...
Tanzanian lawyers say up to 50 women divorced for defying husbands in voteMail & Guardian Online
Women in Zanzibar divorced for voting in elections,...

 

9 years ago

Daily Mail

07 Dec

Tanzanian lawyers say up to 50 women divorced for defying husbands in vote

AsiaOne
Tanzanian lawyers say up to 50 women divorced for defying husbands in vote
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Up to 50 women in Zanzibar have been divorced for taking part in the recent Tanzanian elections against the will of their husbands, according to lawyers and women's rights campaigners. Mzuri Issa ...
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Island in the sunAsiaOne
Zanzibar - Spice Island but also so much...

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Malawians voting in election

Malawians are voting in a tight election, with President Joyce Banda facing three strong challengers.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

03 Sep

Activist urges women to back women election manifesto

Activist urges women to back women election manifesto
IPPmedia
Renowned activist Prof Amina Mama has challenged women in the country to make radical changes by electing leaders who are ready to implement the women election manifesto. Women activists launched the 'Women voter manifesto' on Tuesday in which ...

 

9 years ago

Africanjam.Com

TANZANIA ELECTION: ZANZIBAR ELECTION HAS BEEN ANNULLED, CLAIMED WAS NOT FREE AND FAIR

Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced.Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.Earlier, he called for the national electoral...

 

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