In its new report entitled ‘No Way Out: Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania’ launched in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that the practice severely curtails girls’ access to education and exposes them to exploitation and violence, including marital rape and female genital mutilation.
“Kupigwa au kufanyiwa vitendo vya ukatili dhidi ya wanawake ndani ya ndoa, migogoro ya ardhi na mimba za utotoni kwa watoto wa kike ni mambo ya kawaida tu kwenye jamii yetu licha ya wasaidizi wa kisheria kutoa elimu,” anssema Odhiambo. Kutokana na changamoto hiyo, Chama cha Wanasheria Wanawake Tanzania (Tawla) kimejitosa kutoa msaada wa kisheria katika mikoa yenye changamoto lengo likiwa ni kupunguza tatizo hilo.