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06 February 2022
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The Anti-FGM Strategy to accelerate efforts towards Zero GBV and Harmful Practices in Tanzania.
“I underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) when I was ten years old. It hurt so much that I cried and cried. One day when I was twelve, my aunts examined me and declared that…
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04 February 2022
Statement
A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital…
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21 January 2022
Press Release
Introducing the New Representative UNFPA United Republic of Tanzania.
Dar Es Salaam, 21 January 2022. UNFPA the UN Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency is pleased to introduce Mr. Mark Bryan Schreiner, the new UNFPA Representative to the United…
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11 October 2021
Press Release
UNFPA partners with Finland to shape a more equal future for young women and girls in Tanzania
Today on the International Day of the Girl Child, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, in Tanzania launched a $6,154,748 programme, “Chaguo Langu Haki…
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10 October 2021
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Girls in Tanzania need equal access to digital tools and information for an equal future
On 11 October, on International Day of the Girl, with its national theme “Digital Generation Our Generation – “Kizazi cha kidigitali. Kizazi chetu”, UNFPA celebrates girls in…
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10 October 2021
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Faith Leader Action Groups at the forefront of efforts to end early marriage in Zanzibar
Sheikh Is-haka Vuai is the Secretary of the Zanzibar Imams Association (JUMAZA) and also the Secretary of the North A District Faith Leaders Gender-Based Violence Action Group,…
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12 August 2021
News
Empowering youth to be the change they demand
On International Youth Day, UNFPA in Tanzania celebrates the power of youth. Those individuals, innovators and trailblazers across the country who are on the frontline, fearlessly…
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09 July 2021
News
Building a better world with rights and choices at the centre
Five months on from joining the Adolescent Girls' Club, Hazima is a volunteer peer educator and employed as an assistant trainer for the advanced tailoring course run at the club…
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09 July 2021
Statement
The COVID-19 pandemic may have lasting consequences on population
Our Executive Director's statement for World Population Day 2021 explains why rights and choices for all must lie at the heart of any response to demographic shifts.
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