Human Rights in Tanzania - Violence Against Women and Girls

Violence Against Women and Girls

In Tanzania today, a continuing problem is the violence against women and girls. The forms of violence include domestic violence, marital rape and marriage of young girls, which remands widespread throughout Tanzania. In addition, female genital mutilation continues to be a problem a problem in most urban areas. Women also experience violence at the work place where they suffer from domestic, sexual and discrimination. Although Tanzania has various Human Right Charters, they have failed to observe Human Rights for women leaving them violated shamelessly. Women in the workplace are not given recognition or appropriate rewards for the work they do. This has resulted in women being deprived of their rights, all of which are stated in the Human Rights Charter. Tanzanian culture follows very traditional practices, which drives women to do work that they are unfit for. For example, women are sent to access water from places, which are far away, when they are sent to do thus they are exposed to violence and rape by men. Still today, the largest fear in any woman or girl’s mind is accessing water sources, as they know while doing this they might be subjected to brutality. “Despite the ratification of International Conventions on Human Rights by Tanzania, there are still many discriminatory aspects in the implementation of law and legislation in the country”. The domestic laws in Tanzania have not yet been assimilated to the international protocols and agreements, therefore making it hard to enforce the International Charters.