Africa-Press – Tanzania. MORE than 900 domestic workers who were facing gender-related abuses in Mwanza have been returned back to their native homes.
The achievement was made under the project called ‘Promoting Rights of Domestic Workers and Children and Youth Living and Working on the Street,’ implemented by non-governmental organizations of Wote Sawa and the Railway Children Africa.
The Coordinator of the Mwanza-based Wote Sawa organization, Ms Demitila Faustine, said this over the weekend during the commemoration of 16 days of activism to fight gender-based violence (GBV) against girl child.
She said a move to return the girls to their homes was successful after adopting a legal empowerment approach in Ilemela and Nyamagana districts.
During the commemoration, the Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) presented an award to the ‘Wote Sawa’ organization for its contribution toward reducing violence and abuse against women and children.
“This award is a great honor to us and we are promising the community to work tirelessly to ensure that acts of violence are disappearing,” Ms Faustine said.
She further clarified that in the on-going 16 days of activism, their organisation partners with ‘Railway Children Africa’ to conduct a street campaign called ‘Sema Nae Pinga Ukatili’ in Mwanza, which focuses on educating community members on the importance of child protection and enhancing safe environment for domestic workers.
She said the campaign has reached out to a total of 2,672 people who were educated about positive parenting and child protection.
“Thanks to the campaign, parents are now more responsible, enrolling their children in schools and providing them with school materials,” Ms Faustine said.
Security and Children Safety Officer for the Railway Children Africa, Ms Anitha Joseph, said from June to December, the organization has reached a total of 1,098 street children and has provided with temporary accommodation to 213, about 213 were reunited with their families and 690 received legal aid in the court and at the police stations.
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