Discrimination in Tanzania’s schools ruins girls’ lives
Tanzania’s first female president, Samia Suluhu, took office in March 2021. Her government has the power to ask education authorities to end the exclusion of pregnant and married girls from public schools. She should urge them to adopt a clear continuation policy, in line with human rights, that allows pregnant and married girls to continue […]
Single motherhood and it’s struggles.
In 2006 studies revealed that 12.9million families in the US were headed by a single parent of which an estimated 80% was headed by females. The birth rate for unmarried women was 41 births per 1,000 between the ages of 15-44 in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Data was obtained from most recent Demographic […]
Tanzania: Smz, Unesco Bring Smiles to Pregnant Zanzibar Girls
ZANZIBAR government and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have agreed to strengthen collaboration to help girls who dropped out of school after becoming pregnant to continue with studies. The strengthening of the partnership follows a report on evaluation of ‘Re-Entry School Policy’ implementation presented here to stakeholders in education sector at a […]
Giving back to the community
When the skills acquisition train hit Danre’s village, she was amongst the first set of girls to enrol for the sewing classes. Despite her many responsibilities at home she made out time to attend the evening coaching classes after which she would go home, make dinner complete her chores and use her alone time to […]
Fragile Gains – Women Have Made Progress in Education, but Challenges Persist in Business and Around Abuse.
As part of our coverage for International Women’s Month, we seek some insights from Vanessa Moungar, the African Development Bank’s Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society. Moungar tells us how the Bank is supporting women entrepreneurs and outlines the challenges that remain. What does International Women’s Month mean to you? Working for a world […]
Single motherhood.
It is no longer a situation people bat their eyelids at, as child labour is gradually becoming a norm in our society. Parents who cant cater for their kids send them off to stay with relatives in other cities or with families that need maids, these kids get used to run all sorts of errand, […]
Zimbabwe: 5 000 Zim Teenagers Fall Pregnant in One Month
AT LEAST 4 959 teenagers fell pregnant while there were 1 774 child marriages recorded between January and February this year. This was revealed in parliament Thursday by Women Affairs Minister Sithembiso Nyoni while presenting her report on the level of public service delivery related to sexual and gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic in […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day.
Every year, March 8 marks international women’s day, a day to celebrate women and their achievements, in like manner raise awareness for gender equality. This year’s theme ofย international women’s day is #choosetochallenge, #IWD 2021.ย It is really a good age to be a woman, women are proving to be capable in various fields from […]
Lema Plan International recognizing some legendary women in history.
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