THE YEAR 2020 shall go down in the annals of history as a year of confusion and of the WHO failing the world. It shall also be remembered as a year of total fragmentation in the approach and, perception, of a disease of which, the world was unprepared. Totally caught us unaware. A disease which became a...
TUNAPOZONGWA na mawazo hadi kuleta hali ambayo mitaani wanaita vyuma vimekaza au umepata mkazo ni jambo na hisia tunaichukulia kama 'kawaida', kwenye maisha yetu. Takriban mara chache sana, huwa tunaanisha uwepo wa hiyo hali kwenye maisha yetu, hadi kuathiri afya zetu za mwili, na, za hisia. Stress ni 'rafiki' ambaye hatumhitaji, wala hatumtaki, kwenye maisha yetu,...
WATU wenye ulemavu wanayo haki ya: ■ Kuishi ■ Kusoma ■ Kupata ulinzi ■ Afya ■ Kuwa na ajira au biashara inayoleta ujira ■ Kuwa na mpenzi ■ Kufanya mapenzi ■ Kuoa au kuolewa ■ Kupata watoto- wa kutoka kwenye mwili wake, au watoto wa kulea/adopted/fostered ■ Kushiriki kwenye maisha ya kijamii ■ Kushiriki kwenye nyanja ya siasa ■ Kumiliki ardhi na/au mali ■ Kupewa ajira, iwapo...
TUANZE kwa kuweka msisitizo kuwa wanawake Waswahili wakati wa mishe mishe za kupigania Uhuru hawakuwa: washamba mbumbumbu wasioweza kusoma wala kuandika waliokuwa nyuma kimaendeleo Ukweli ni huu: Waswahili tokea makarne 7-9 nyuma, walishakuwa watanashati; jamii yenye utamaduni ulioendelea; na hawakuwa washamba, asilan wanawake Waswahili walikuwa SIYO mbumbumbu, kwa sababu wakisoma na kuandika kwa ABJAD ya...
TOKEA dakhari zamani, mwanamke anachukuliwa kuwa ni- Kiumbe Dhalili Hana Haki Ya Melki Juu Ya Mwili Wake Hana Haki Ya Kusema Kwa Mwanaume Anaelazimisha Ngono "Hapana. Sitaki Mahusiano ya Kimwili Na Wewe" Sijakupenda, Na Sitakupenda, Hivyo, Kaa Mbali Na Mimi Sitaki Kushikwa Shikwa Mwili Wangu Bila Ridhaa Yangu Acha Kunifanyia Shambulio La Aibu, Maamuzi...
WANAWAKE wamekuwa wakiuawa duniani, kwa mikono ya wanaume, hususan, waume ndani ya ndoa; au wanauliwa na 'wapenzi wao' 🥺 japokuwa sisi watetezi wa ulinzi wa wanawake hatuwezi kuwaita 'wapenzi'. Ni wauaji wa kikatili, wanaotumia mabavu; vitisho; silaha walizokuwa nazo kama panga; magongo; au bastola, kuua wanawake kama njia ya kudhalilisha; kukomoa 'jeuri' ya wanawake; na...
THIRTY ONE years after the sad demise of Levina Mukasa, a student of the University of Dar es Salaam, who committed suicide because of sexual harassment, Tanzania has made the Decision to have Gender Desks in institutions of middle, and higher learning. Levina died because she didn't have the support needed for survivors of...
BIBI TITI MOHAMED, Simba Jike, is trending as 'the flavour of the time. Time was, when it was considered not only bad form to even mention the dreaded name 'Bibi Titi Mohamed', but it was considered treason, albeit by the tongue and vocals, to talk about Bibi Titi Mohamed. Even in the context of her most...
NILIPOKUA mtoto, nikipewa orodha ya vitabu vya kusoma, ili niweze kujifunza kusoma, wakati huo, pia najifunza lugha ya Kingereza na Kiarabu. Nilianza kufundishwa ABJAD ya Kilatini na ABJAD ya Kiarabu kuanzia umri wa miaka 2. Ilikua kwa sababu niweze kusoma Kiswahili na Kingereza, na pia niweze kusoma Qura'an Majeed kwa lugha ya Kiarabu. Nawashukuru wazazi wangu na...
Picha kwa hisani ya Chama cha Wanasheria Wanawake Tanzania TAWLA KILA mwaka ifikapo Novemba 25, wanaharakati na wadau, tunaanza kuadhimisha Siku 16 za Kupiga Vita ili Kutokomeza Ukatili wa Kijinsia. Mwaka huu 2021, tutakuwa tumetimiza miaka 30, tangu 1991, ambapo wanaharakati na wadau ulimwenguni, tulianza kupaza sauti dhidi ya ukatili wa kijinsia, na umuhimu wa kutokomeza...
Siri, si siri, inapofanywa dhahiri, juu ya uzushi mahiri, bila ya kufikiri wala tafakuri, mwishoe, kugundulika uongo taswiri. Tenzi ya bint Sheikh HAPO dakhari zamani, palikuwa na Zumbe huko Tongoni, Tanga, ambaye akivaa kofia ya baragashia, ndiyo alama ya uzumbe. Zumbe Mwinyi Mkuu alikuwa na kinyozi, ambaye kila alkhamis, huenda qilla (fort/ikulu), kumnyoa Zumbe nywele; kumpunguza ndevu;...
WHEN I was growing up, my ethnic and cultural description; prescription; and antecedents; those of the Waswahili, was among the most 'popular' way of deriding a person. One would hear "Acha Uswahili wako.."; or "Huyo Mswahili tu..." These definitions carried deeply entrenched deriding undertones of the identity and culture of the Waswahili peoples. Unfortunately, most Waswahili 'accepted'...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan gave a very resourceful speech to the nation when addressing women in Dodoma on the 08.06.2021. I was personally touched by the metaphor she used to explain what makes a woman and a man two sides of the same coin She elaborated skillfully that the Almighty Creator gave the masculinities and...
VANGUARD FORUM : Discussions to eliminate trafficking of humans in Tanzania Summary of the conversation which took place on August 16, 2017 1. How do we as a nation intervene and eliminate human trafficking? HUMAN trafficking and sexual exploitation is the acquisition and exploitation of people, through means such as force; fraud; or deception. The practice ensnares...
IS sexual harassment an economic crime? Yes, sexual harassment is, an economic crime, in the context of: The impact of sexual harassment in the income of the victims/survivor The impact on the health of the victim/survivor, to the detriment of their earning capacity The loss of trained and skilled workforce to the nation The invasion of and destruction of...
Salma Said (Above), Star Journalist with Deutsche Welle, is a Survivor of COVID 19. She went public about her COVID 19 status, which gave hope to patients of COVID 19 WE WATCHED ASKANCE as most nations around the globe went on total lock down, and, a spree of daily updates on the death toll of...
