Tanzania: How Fetching Firewood Risks Women’s Lives
In rural areas, collecting fuel is not only exhausting, but leaves women vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse.
In rural areas, collecting fuel is not only exhausting, but leaves women vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse.
Local elections see growing representation as candidates defy barriers.
“I couldn’t be bribed or stopped with death threats, but maybe I was supposed to be embarrassed enough by intimate pictures to be silenced.”
“Many girls are dying because we have chosen to ignore them.”
Against all odds and despite constant danger, a brave few continue to report.
Giving voice and driving change takes sustained, collective effort.
Gender disinformation aims to create a hostile environment for women with the goal of shaming, intimidating, silencing and excluding them.
Campaigners tackle widespread scepticism and lack of understanding of crisis.
Two decades of efforts to protect women and girls has been systematically dismantled.
Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.