18 June 2020 Poverty and taboo, stumbling blocks to menstrual health for girls in Zanzibar It is now six years since Bi. Maimuna’s initiation, but her words are still fresh in Afaafa’s mind.
Story 19 June 2020 Refugee leader fighting coronavirus through information sharing “Everybody was frightened as news of the novel coronavirus dominated the media. Some even wondered if it was the name of a new gun.."
Story 19 June 2020 Mukhti: The beaded handbag entrepreneur “Raising a family of eight children alone is difficult. Uncertainty and fear crowd your thoughts,”
Story 19 June 2020 It is World Refugee Day, where are the traditional Burundian drums? “I have a passion for the drum. When I play it, I feel alive and briefly forget the pain of losing loved ones and my home..."
Story 19 June 2020 What Ambassador Dr. Augustine Mahiga taught me about refugees As a graduate student researching refugee movements following the Rwandan genocide in the mid-1990s, I studied Dr. Mahiga’s writings closely.
Story 18 June 2020 UNICEF support provision of (PPEs) and help people protect themselves against Covid 19 To understand message reach and changes in knowledge, attitude and practice UNICEF has initiated an ongoing survey in 8 regions across mainland and Zanzibar.
Story 18 June 2020 Pandemic impacts on ending-FGM efforts "The cutting season – the time of year when most FGM/cutting activities take place in the region – is not due to start in Mara until December."
Story 15 June 2020 Equality generation for Tanzania’s current and future development "By 2030, we should live in a world where women and girls have access to education, healthcare and decent work."
Story 15 June 2020 Citing ‘weight of history’, senior UN officials of African descent issue call to ‘go beyond and do more’ to end racism A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN who are African or of African descent, put their names to a personal and hard-hitting statement.
