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According to a UN statement issued yesterday, Tanzania has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and so is required to be reviewed regularly by the committee on how it is implementing the convention.
Among the possible issues for discussion by CEDAW and a delegation from the government are harmful practices including female genital mutilation, polygamy, killing of women accused of witchcraft, ritual killings and attacks on women and girls with albinism.
Other issues include lack of a specific law on domestic violence, trafficking of girls for domestic work and sexual exploitation, high dropout rates from school among girls, mandatory pregnancy testing, discrimination against women living with HIV and discrimination against rural and indigenous women.
The UN team is expected to scrutinise the state on issues related to Maasai women, measures being taken to repeal or amend discriminatory customary laws and to harmonise competing legal systems governing succession and inheritance.
The committee will hold a news conference to discuss its findings on Tanzania and other states being reviewed which include Japan, Iceland, Sweden, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Vanuatu and Haiti on March 7.
CEDAW is composed of 23 independent human rights experts drawn from around the world. Members serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of states parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent assessment of states’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty.
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