Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day - United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day Format Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – It was 3 o’clock on a Friday afternoon when Grace,* a counsellor at the National Child Helpline in Tanzania, received a call from a concerned teacher in Msalala, Shinyanga Region. One of the teacher’s brightest students, 13-year-old Eliza*, had not turned up for school that day, and she had heard worrying rumours that Eliza’s parents intended to marry her off. The parents had purportedly accepted a dowry payment from the family of the groom – who was a 35-year-old man. “I wa...
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