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Schools should have been given sufficient time to transition out of providing boarding services.

A TOTAL of 25 journalists from the Eastern and Southern African region were awarded for outstanding reporting on gender equality at a Gender Journalism Awards online ceremony. The ceremony was organised by UN Women in Tanzania and Malawi, in partnership with the Media Institute of Southern Afric ...

The government of Tanzania on Friday launched guidance for the creation and management of desks for reporting gender-based violence in public places. The guidance was launched in the Kilimanjaro region by the Minister of Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups, Dorothy Gwajima, who called for strengthening the protection of…

ABOUT 270 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) have been reported in Katavi Region between January and September this year. This is an increase of 30 incidents up from 240 cases reported last year and estimated as 12.5 per cent. Unveiling the report, while updating journalists on the GBV inciden ...

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CHILDREN'S representatives have called on the government to amend the Marriages Act of 1971, getting accurate reports on maternal health and removal of corporal punishment that inflict body injuries.

THE Pharmaceutical Society of Tanzania (PST) has welcomed a move by the government to suspend short term courses for pharmacists, advising that if possible the courses should be scrapped completely.

Download logoThe Ambassador of the European Union, H. E. Manfredo Fanti together with EU Member States’ Ambassadors H. E. Nabil Hajlaoui (France), H. E.

The World Bank launched the Tanzania Gender Assessment (Kiswahili), Tanzania Gender-Based Violence Assessment (Kiswahili), and a Stakeholder Consultation Report (Kiswahili) earlier this year, aiming to include all stakeholders in it—government officials, development partners, civil society organizations, citizens and artists—so they could be part of advancing gender equality.

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous conducted a four-day mission in Tanzania, where she met with government officials, civil society groups, and