GENDER BASED VOILENCE (GBV)

Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Tanzania is common with women and girls being majority of the victims. While men and boys are the common perpetrators of GBV, some cultures and traditional norms practiced by both, men and women fuel the situation. About 40% of women age 15-49 have ever experienced physical violence, and 17% have experienced sexual violence most especially among married women. Nearly one in three girls and one out of seven boys experience some form of sexual violence before turning 18 . Most children do not report their experience, few seek services, and even fewer actually receive any care, treatment, or support if they do report. Cases related to sexual violence have been reported in schools most especially schools of higher learning where sexual corruptions are uncommon.

AfriYAN Tanzania works to inspire, capacitate and engage a cadre of young women, with a special focus on young mothers aged 18-24 in the rural areas of Tanzania in different programs and interventions to realizing their personal and economic potential including economic activities, access to SRHR, HIV. Also ending harmful gender and cultural norms, gender-based violence, disproportionate caregiving burden, legal impediments, ending gender bias in financial institutions and a lack of information and knowledge.