Tanzania

Tanzania: First Feminist Activist Institute opens in Tanzania

As the world marked Women's Day on March 8th, the feminist community in Tanzania observed the event in deep activism and militancy: a new generation of activists with feminist values is being developed in the first ever Feminist Activist Institute.

Tanzania: 20 new judges appointed

President Jakaya Kikwete has appointed twenty new Judges of the High Court.

Tanzania: Muslim clerics begin meeting on gender violence, HIV/AIDS

Muslim clerics from 25 African countries have begun a five-day population and development meeting in Tanzania's semiautonomous island of Zanzibar, focusing on issues such as HIV/AIDS and gender violence.

Tanzania: Government to amend girls' age consent for marriage

The Tanzanian government is reviewing the country's Marriage Act with the aim of raising girls' age consent for marriage from 15 to 18 years, Deputy Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe has said.

Dossier 27: Réflexion sur l’introduction des lois islamiques relatives à l’individu dans le domaine public: Cas de figure observés en Tanzanie

De manière générale, l’analyse de la question féminine relève tout autant du domaine privé que du domaine public, au sein duquel quiconque, individu ou groupe, s’inscrit en tant qu’« autrui ». Il s’agit donc là d’une question d’intérêt général sujette à l’opinion publique et dans le cadre de laquelle les relations humaines sont prescrites par une forme d’autorité publique, principalement l’État.

Tanzania: Court throws out petition...

On 8th September 2006, The High Court of Tanzania rejected a petition by human rights activists to declare the customary inheritance law unconstitutional.

Tanzania: Enforcement of the law against female genital mutilation

This update urges the government to continue its efforts to end the practice of FGM through education, enforcement of the law and disciplinary action against police officers and court officials who fail to implement the law appropriately.

Tanzanie: Application de la loi qui interdit les mutilations génitales féminines

La mise à jour félicite le gouvernement tanzanien pour leurs efforts à assurer que la police applique la législation contre les MGF, et relève plusieurs cas dans lesquels des filles ont échappé aux MGF grâce à l'intervention des autorités.

Dossier 27: Why bring Islamic personal laws into the public space? Episodes from Tanzania

Traditionally, an analysis of women and their status considers the public and private domain. The public domain recognizes ‘the other’, the collective in human relationships. It is, therefore, an area of public interest, subject to public scrutiny where human relationships are prescribed by some public authority, mainly the state. This connotes a notion of sameness and, or uniformity in treatment or application between groups and individuals in a collective entity. The private domain, on the other hand, is an area of private influence, closed from public interference.