Tanzania and Zanzibar

June 16, 2017

Africa: Make Girls’ Access to Education a Reality

Millions of pregnant and married adolescent girls across many African countries are being denied their education because of discriminatory policies and practices, Human Rights Watch said today, on the Day of the African Child.

Children's Rights

June 16, 2017 News Release

Africa: Make Girls’ Access to Education a Reality
Health

April 19, 2017 Dispatches

Sanitation is a Right, Not a ‘Nice to Have’

Annerieke Smaak
Senior Coordinator, Women's Rights Division
Children's Rights

April 12, 2017 Commentary

For Girls’ Sake, Tanzania Should Stop Abuse, Bias in Schools

Elin Martínez
Researcher, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Huffington Post

Videos Watch More

September 30, 2016 Video

HRC33: Item 6, UPR adoption of Tanzania - Ayesha Alafifi
October 29, 2014 Video

Child Marriage: Tanzania
September 6, 2013 Video

Tanzania Child Gold Miners

Reports More Reports

February 14, 2017

“I Had a Dream to Finish School”

Barriers to Secondary Education in Tanzania
October 29, 2014

No Way Out

Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania
August 28, 2013

Toxic Toil

Child Labor and Mercury Exposure in Tanzania’s Small-Scale Gold Mines

News

June 6, 2017 Statements

States should protect LGBTI persons from violence and discrimination; Philippines should cooperate with UN executions mandate
May 8, 2017 Letter

Letter to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on Tanzania
March 12, 2017 Commentary

In Tanzania, Sparing the Rod—and the Child—to Improve Learning

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
February 15, 2017 Commentary

Tanzania Policy of Kicking Pregnant Girls out of School is Shameful

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: The East African
February 14, 2017 Interview

‘What Is My Future After This?’

Elin Martínez
Researcher, Children's Rights Division
February 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: 1.5 Million Adolescents Not in School
February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program
November 17, 2016 Dispatches

African Members Reaffirm Support at International Criminal Court Meeting

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program
November 2, 2016 Commentary

Africans Speak Out Against ICC Withdrawal

Sarah Rayzl Lansky
Senior Associate, International Justice Program
October 14, 2016 Dispatches

African Women Scale Heights in Land Rights Protest

Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
October 11, 2016 Dispatches

Tanzania Needs to Renew Commitment to Ending Child Marriage

Agnes Odhiambo
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
September 22, 2016 Statements

Tanzania should comply with its Universal Periodic Review pledges and condemn all forms of discrimination

Daily Brief

June 22, 2017

Plus: Bullied for being gay in the Philippines; EU condemns Russia 'propaganda law'; Angolan journalists indicted for doing their job; starving in South Sudan; explosion in DRC injures students; China's torturers remain unpunished; Japan doing too little for asylum seekers.

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End Child Marriage In New York

GOOD NEWS! New York State has taken an important step toward ending child marriage, as Governor Andrew Cuomo on June 20, 2017 signed legislation to dramatically reduce the circumstances under which children can marry.

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