Isaya Mlinyi, a special education teacher, spearheaded a project aimed at identifying persons with specific disabilities in the Morogoro rural district of Tanzania. Initially tasked with locating and caring for children with albinism and those with visual impairments, Mlinyi expanded his efforts after encountering individuals with other impairments. "Some parents denied having a child with a disability, despi...

UNFPA Tanzania had the privilege of hosting a six-day study tour for the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Population, Development & Reproductive Health. The delegation, consisting of five Parliamentarians from the United Kingdom’s House of Commons and House of Lords, visited Tanzania to see first-hand the vital work that UNFPA and its partners are delivering to advance sexual and reproductive health...

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, February 6, 2024 Globally, it is estimated that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 countries. In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the first-ever resolution against female genital mutilation, recognizing it as a human rights violation and calling for inte...