Children’s Dignity Forum (CDF) -- Chair of the Tanzania Ending Child Marriage Network TECMN, Human Rights Watch, Foundation for Women Health, Research and Development (FORWARD), Tanzania Media Women’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A landmark court ruling raising the legal age of marriage for girls ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An activist whose petition earlier this year triggered a Tanzanian high ...

BAGAMOYO, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mwanaharusi Mrisho was stunned when her father abruptly removed her from school at the age of 15 and married her off to a much older man because the ...

(Nairobi) – Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls’ access to education and exposes them to serious harms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch documented cases in ...

GIRLS who marry early are often excluded from formal education and employment and are at a higher risk to get pregnancy, HIV infection, disease and maternal health complications, such as obstetric ...

A recent social media debate on marriage roles has reignited conversations across the country about whether couples can successfully balance household responsibilities with careers and personal ...

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In October 2019, Tanzania's high court upheld the landmark 2016 ruling that increased the minimum age of marriage for girls and boys to 18. The Tanzanian government attempted to repeal this decision, ...

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MAPINGA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sikudhani Kimweri was the only girl from her primary school who went on to Bunju secondary school in eastern Tanzania's Bagamayo district. Many of the ...