JINAI ya ugaidi wa kidijitali, bado hatujaupa: ▪︎ Jina ▪︎ Utambulisho kuwa upo, na unaleta madhara makubwa kwa walengwa/victims ▪︎ Uainishi ▪︎ Fungu kwenye Sheria ya Makosa ya Jinai ya Mitandao ya Kijamii ▪︎ mbinu za kutambua jinai hii inatokea na hatua za kuchukua iwapo tunalengwa sisi kwenye ugaidi wa kidijitali ▪︎ Kuwa wanawake watu wazima, na mabinti, ndiyo wanakuwa waathirika...
PAMETOKEA msamiati mpya kwenye harakati za kulinda watoto dhidi ya kunajisiwa. Neno Grooming- Kurubuni ndiyo linalotumika kuelezea jinsi mtu mzima anavyotumia ghilba ili kumrubuni mtoto, na kisha kumnajisi kwa mfululizo. Grooming- Kurubuni huchukua taswira kila aina, ili mtu mzima, aweze kumpata mtoto, wa kike au wa kiume; na kumfanyia vitendo vya unajisi. Mfano: ■ Kufanya urafiki na mtoto,...
TUMEAMBIWA sisi wananchi wa Tanzania kuwa tunaletewa mfumo mpya wa malipo ya tiba; ambao utakuwa kwa mfumo wa Bima ya Afya. Tumeambiwa kuwa kila mwananchi alievuka umri wa miaka 18, itabidi achangie hiyo 'Bima ya Afya'. Hatujaambiwa iwapo wanafunzi waliopo vyuoni ambao wamevuka umri wa miaka 18, nao watalazimika kulipia Bima ya Afya'. Hatujaelezwa wananchi wa ngazi ya...
Tangu dahal zamani, wanawake wamekuwa wakitumia urembo wa vipodozi kama udongo mwekundu (ochre), samli, tui la nazi, nta au gundi la miti kwenye nywele, mdaa, na Vinginevyo ili wajipendezeshe. Inasemekana kuwa Malkia Cleopatra akioga kwa maziwa ya punda ili kulainisha ngozi. Aidha, akipaka usoni samli iliyochanganywa na maua ili kuondoa makunyo ya uso. Urembo ni sehemu muhimu...
MWAKA 1998, Tanzania ilipitisha sheria kuharamisha masuala mengi ya jinai dhidi ya wanawake, moja wapo likiwa kuharamisha ukeketaji. Sheria ya Makosa ya Kujamiiana SOSPA 1998 kwa mara ya kwanza, ilitambua: ▪︎ Uwepo wa ukeketaji ▪︎ Madhara yatokanayo na ukeketaji ▪︎ Ujinai unaotokana na ukeketaji Tanzania ni miongoni mwa mataifa ya kwanza duniani, na ni Taifa la kwanza kuharamisha ukeketaji kwa...
WE have been trained; raised; and made to believe; that when we, as women, practice self love, it is selfishness; egotism; and lack of empathy in our part. Women are always expected to be self deprecating; self denigrating; and moreover, to be giving and giving, of ourselves, until we lose ourselves. We lose our self worth. We lose...
Messages from Leila's Cafe YES, we have made strides in moving forward the Women's Rights Agenda. Yes, we have organized ourselves, as advocates for women's rights, into a cohesive Movement. Yes, we have more women in leadership positions in Tanzania. Yes, the rights and protection of children has become a priority. Yes, women are more vocal; more visible; more assertive. Yes,...
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...
Ni suala ambalo huwa hatulizungumzii kwenye jamii zetu. Huwa tunahisi ni jambo la aibu iwapo sisi wenyewe, au mwanandugu anatatizo la ugonjwa wa akili. Ugonjwa wa akili upo wa aina kadha: 1. Schizophrenia, ugonjwa huu ni pale mgonjwa husikia sauti kichwani mwake, na huwa anasema na hizo sauti, huku jamii ikimwona anasema peke yake. 2. Anxiety Disorder, ugonjwa wa...
MARA nyingi, tunapopata changamoto au mitihani ya maisha, huwa inaambatana na hisia ya huzuni; unyonge; kupoteza furaha; na kujihisi ovyo ovyo. Hisia hii ni aina ya hali ambayo inaitwa depression, na iwapo hatua stahiki hazitachukuliwa na muathirika, na watu wa karibu yake, inaweza kujijenga kwenye akili; hisia; na mwili wa muathirika, hadi kuwa ni ugonjwa. Depression inaweza...
TUKIFATA mrengo wa J 3 kwenye maisha yetu sisi wanawake, • J- Jithamini • J- Jiamini • J- Jipende tutakuwa tumepiga hatua kwenye maisha yetu, na kuweza kukabili changamoto za kujihisi sisi ni duni thamani- lacking in worth. Ni ukweli usipingika kuwa tunavyojichukulia sisi wenyewe; tunavyojiweka kwenye kishubaka ndani ya jamii zetu; tunavyokubali kutungiwa lebo duni; ndivyo jamii inavyotuchukulia, na...
Bibi Titi Mohamed was a multi faceted woman, strongly rooted in the Swahili culture and traditions. A number of writers; reporters; and wannabe have tried to write on Bibi Titi Mohamed, but all of them have ensconced her in the visage of the politician, the activist for Uhuru, the woman who allegedly committed treason. In the conversations...
▪︎ "Nilipewa jina Titi, kwa Waswahili khaswa inamaanisha 'Mama' ▪︎ "Mie Mmatumbi, nimekulia Mtaa wa Gerezani. Wakati huo, utotoni, hapo ndipo palikuwa Uswahilini" ▪︎ "baada ya kuchezwa mkole, nikaolewa, nikafungua binti yangu Halima. Ndoa haikudumu, nikaachika. Nikarudi kwa wazee wangu Mtaa wa Gerezani, nikapanga vyumba karibu na kwetu. Mama alimlea sana Halima (mwanangu)" ▪︎ nikaanza kuimba taarab na...
Tamu ya sukari, tamu ya sukari, Ulinipa wewe Ulinipa nyingi, kusudi nilewe; Haya ni mahaba, haya ni mahaba, yaleta kiwewe Wala hayana mjuzi, Kwa yule na wewe; Mahbuba wangu, mahbuba wangu Kanipa ruyya penyewe, Namuona yeye, pasipo mwinginewe
Ingekuwaje iwapo TAMWA tusingemtoa Bibi Titi Mohamed arudi kwenye medani ya uanaharakati? NAKUMBUKA mwaka 1992, Da Maria Shaba (Da Ma) aliponiambia "twende kumwamkua Bibi Titi Mohamed". Nilibaki mdomo wazi. "Bibi Titi Mohamed, Da Ma?" "Ndiyo huyo" akajibu Da Ma. Hapo ndipo nilipokwenda nyumbani kwa Bibi Titi Mohamed, Upanga, Dar es Salaam na kuanza urafiki naye. Nikimwita 'shosti'. Baadaye, wana TAMWA akina • Mama...
▪︎ "Nilikwenda Zanzibar mwaka 1942, kwa meli. Alinichukua mume wangu wa pili, Bwana Mahmoud. Sijawahi kuona ukarimu aina hiyo. Nilikaribishwa nyumbani kwa Bi Jokha Steiner, alikuwa mke wa Seyyid Sood, lakini alitoka huku Bara, Tanganyika. Alialika mabibiye chai ya usiku. Ma sha Allah, ukiingia, unapokewa baibui; unapewa kanga za kujitanda. Unafushwa udi, unapakwa uttur kwenye mikono. Chini pametandikwa matiffe...
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 peg...
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, lakini,...
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 wanao...
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 kiarabu. Kutokufahamu...
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 Juu...
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 kuonesha...
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 gender...
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 private...
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 walimu...
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 ukatili...
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' the...
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 millions...
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 the...
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 people...
In the last two years, we have heard a new terminology in our country, one that seeks to define sexual coercion as sexual corruption. Sexual coercion, when a person woman or man is being forced to engage in unwanted sexual acts is a form of corruption; however, encapsulating sex coercion in sex corruption limits the definition...
By Sabra Mustafa Kambona Teen pregnancy is a problem which has begun to spread at an alarming rate in Tanzania and is evident with adolescent girls around the world. Africa south of the Sahara has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy (Source: UNICEF) which made me interested to find out more on the...
In the photo (foreground) Gender Justice Activist Professor Ruth Meena of the TGNP makes a point against GBV Article 1 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights says “Every individual must be entitled to equal protection of the law.” Tanzania has inherited the English legal system though it sometimes works parallel to customary law. ...
In the photo, TAMWA members accompanied by the daughter of an activist in Dodoma during the lobby of the Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act SOSPA 1998 1. Issues of Concern Lack of legal literacy and Human Rights awareness has been a major constraint in building a culture...
THE MAINSTREAM often has this image of feminists as a bunch of mustachioed; shouting until hoarse; man hating women. However, the reality is far from this stereotype. Most of the feminists I know, Yours Truly included, are ordinary, feminine women, with ordinary, feminine characteristics. We wear make up; fall in love with that macho man...
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a grave reality in the lives of many women in Tanzania. It results from gender norms and social and economic inequities that give privilege to men over women. There is a mounting recognition in Tanzania of gender discrimination and gender equity in different facets of life. This awakening includes a growing...
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met on February 26, 2016, in Geneva and considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Tanzania on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEDAW. Presenting the reports, Modest J. Mero, Permanent Representative...
UNYAGO, or puberty rites, was brought to the coast of Tanzania by Ngindo; Manyema; and Nyasa; migrant ethnic groups in the early 19th century but as a practice, was confined to African peoples until the late 19th century when it was adopted by the Swahili coastal community and incorporated in Swahili culture as an important...
It is 4 a.m. early morning. I have to start frying vitumbua, the rice cakes. Now it is 5.30 a.m. and I have to carry the vitumbua to the space near the bus stand and start selling vituambua to people who are going to work. I sell one kitumbua for 150 TZS. On good days...
DOMESTIC WORKERS are the least respected and least exposed working group of women though their contribution to the economy is substantial. Though they are in the periphery as a labor force, they enable professional women to have the time to engage in practical pursuits to further their careers. They are the ones who spend more...
The Social Welfare Department in the Kinondoni District Commissioner’s office receives an average of 120 domestic violence cases per month. Over 45 per cent are new cases while the rest are ongoing cases. BAKWATA, the National Muslim Council of Tanzania, receives an average of 11 new domestic violence cases per month. The Tanzania Assemblies of God...
BISMILLAHI RAHMAAN, RAHIM In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, and the Most Merciful MANY issues are brought to light of the atrocities committed against Muslim women on the mistaken belief that it is an Islamic prescription. This is in contrast to the fact that the Koran strongly condemns all forms of oppression and...
Domestic Violence is a violation of Human Rights. Violence directed against women by their intimate partners which is known as Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an epidemic of global proportions with devastating physical; emotional; financial; and social effects; on women, children, families, and communities around the world. The definition of Domestic Violence needs to encompass...
SONG AND DANCE are two mediums of communication that women have used the world over as a way of expression. Indeed, the poetry of movement; the lyrics; the lilting melodies of many of our songs have been perfect vehicles for putting together our thoughts; aspirations; triumphs; sadness; displeasure; and love. Through song and dance, women...
HE IS CONSUMED by a passionate fire which has engulfed his entire life; his entire being. He is faithful. In fact, he has always been in love with one person. He spends hours gazing at that person, never getting tired. He admires the person’s wit; the person’s charm; the person’s savoir faire. When he and...
THERE IS NOTHING women dread most than to hear their husbands announce “I’m getting myself a second wife”. Polygamy though tolerated in many ethnic groups in Tanzania, is the stuff that nightmares are made of for the women, not only for the first wife, but the subsequent ones as well! However, there is a lighter...
Surviving HIV I AM A SURVIVOR. This story is about life, not about death. My name is Sikudhani. I’m 48 years of age. I’m a person living with HIV (PLHIV). I have been living with HIV/AIDS, by living I mean I have been living with the HIV Virus, for the last 25 years. Most people...
MY NAME IS TUMAINI. My mother called me Tumaini, Hope, thinking that my birth would improve her lot in life. It did not! All members of my family are beggars. My two aunts; my cousin Wema; my little brother Nyau; and all our friends here in Dar es Salaam are beggars. We survive by begging...
CHILD abuse takes place in our communities all the time. It takes the form of physical assault by parents and/or other adult family members; emotional abuse; deprivation of basic necessities like food, shelter, education, health care, and time to play; and the most frightening of all forms of abuse but the least discussed in our...
Childcare has been invariably defined as a process which requires proper manipulation of the child’s environment and needs before birth, early childhood, pre-school age, school-age and teenage. This is essential for the physical, mental, psychological and social development of the child. It is a dynamic process of physical, emotional, intellectual and social growth and maturation...
