KAGERA residents and other Tanzanians in general should take a holistic approach to fight against gender imbalance and gender based violence, the Kagera Regional Commissioner (RC) Maj Gen (rtd) Salim Athuman Kijuu, has said.
Tanzania recently joined the rest of the
world in observing the International Women’s Day. In particular,
millions of Tanzanian women from all walks of life joined their
counterparts globally to mark the event.
Gen Kijuu appealed to the residents to
collectively fight against outdated laws, customs and practices that
conspire to keep millions of women in society’s “backyard” and impinge
on most of their constitutionally guaranteed rights while they also
contend with various other forms of discrimination.
“We must come together to find an agreed
consensus which will bring us closer to keeping women and girls safe
and free from violence or threats of violence,” he said. He urged the
residents to give equal chances to girls by taking them to school and to
ensure they do not get pregnant and drop out of school.
“If God gives her life as a girl she could live up to 70 years or more,” he said.
He challenged them to emulate Professor
Anna Tibaijuka, the former Minister for Lands, Housing and Human
Settlements; Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, the former UN Assistant Secretary
General and former National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda, just to
mention a few
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