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Date: 08 March, 2015 Author: Jafari Malema
RITA joins with all Women to celebrate International Women's Day The society is required to resist against any violence to women and join together with Government to fight the practices which including sexual violence and health risks, subjected to the same rights when making decisions, and excluded in a socially and economically and thus contributing to withhold the right of the woman hence hindering the development. Speaking at the ceremony at Mnazi mmoja Ground in Dar es Salaam, the wife of the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon Mama Salma Kikwete has mentioned these challenges that are various diseases including HIV AIDS , mortality and fertility, sexual harassment, rape, childhood pregnancy and deprived of the right to property, especially land which she asked the community to cooperate in order to cope with these challenges.
The World Women’s day celebrated on 8 March every year where its origin began in 1911 in the United States where women were protesting to demand their rights where they were underpaid and forced labor for several hours while lacked the social services and gender discrimination, so after the establishment of the United Nations in 1945 adopted a resolution that on 08 March each year it is a World Women’s day.
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