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Abuse against women still rampant

Source: The Citizen , Nov 26 2012, 2:38am CST

Dar es Salaam. Different studies done in various regions in the country reveal that violence against women is still rampant. This happens despite government efforts to put in place legislation to help end the problem. Activists s ...

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UN officials in Afghanistan urge ratification of law to eliminate violence against women

Source: United Nations  |   May 20 2013, 12:36pm CDT

20 May 2013 Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan are today urging the Government to fully implement legislation to protect women from child marriage and other forms of violence, in line with international commitments, after the Afghan Parlia ...

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7 hours ago

Tanzania: Expanding Vegetable Farms in Zanzibar

Source: AllAfrica.com  |   May 20 2013, 6:01am CDT

AROUND the small village of Fuoni, just outside Zanzibar City, are fields of okra, tomatoes and peppers. These vegetable plots are not just the result of one season's farming. They also represent three years of hard work to create Umwamwema, a farmers' ...

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25 weeks ago


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"We also want to highlight the needs for policy makers and local government authorities to prevent violence against women in the homes and public places through enforcing gender sensitive laws"


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7 hours ago

The Importance Of Women In The Boardroom: Q&A With Baroness Mary Goudie

Source: Forbes  |   May 20 2013, 5:51am CDT

As you’ve read in my past blog entries, I have long been a proponent of workplace equality. I encourage companies to voluntarily ensure the genders of management teams and boards of directors are representative ...

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7 hours ago

Tanzania: Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy Opens Zanzibar Campus

Source: AllAfrica.com  |   May 20 2013, 5:45am CDT

Zanzibar — INSUFFICIENT funds to support higher education has remained a big challenge in many developing countries including Tanzania, President Ali Mohamed Shein said here at the official opening of the 'Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial ...

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Beyond war: women transforming militarism, building a nonviolent world

Source: openDemocracy  |   May 20 2013, 5:13am CDT

Next year will mark the centenary of the start of the “war to end all wars”. Watching television news today, you might conclude that humanity is doomed to repeat it’s bloodiest century. But watching the trends, you would se ...

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11 hours ago

Tanzania: Balanced Diet Campaign Highly Welcome

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 20 2013, 2:30am CDT

[Daily News]THE Ministry of Health and Social Welfare recently unveiled highly frightening statistics on the state of nutrition in the country and left unchecked, the figures do not augur well with the nati ...

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11 hours ago

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Loses Sh15 Billion Annually On Cement Tax Evasion

Source: AllAfrica.com  |   May 20 2013, 2:10am CDT

THE government suffers over 15bn/- loss annually in revenue due to smuggling and improperly taxed cement imports through Zanzibar, an industry source said in Dar es Salaam over the weekend. The Tanga Cement Company Limited (TCCL) Man ...

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11 hours ago

NSW abuse survivors "betrayed" amid new bill proposal

Source: SINA English  |   May 20 2013, 2:09am CDT

SYDNEY, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Human rights lawyers and women's organizations Monday have appealed to the UN about proposed changes to the NSW victims compensation scheme. A bill introduced into parliament earlier in M ...

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16 hours ago

Addressing Violence Against Women Living With HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean

Source: Reproductive Health: Reality Check  |   May 19 2013, 9:28pm CDT

“All the women living with HIV in my organization have been subjected to various forms of violence before and after diagnosis, from sexual violence, psychological, economic to institutional violence.” This was one testimonia ...

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