No way out
Subtitle: child marriage and human rights abuses in Tanzania
By: [written and researched by Brenda Akia; researched and edited by Agnes Odhiambo, researched by Meghan Rhoad, reviewed and edited by Liesl Gerntholtz]
Contributors: Odhiambo, Agnes, researcher, editor; Rhoad, Meghan, researcher; Gerntholtz, Liesl, editor; Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Series: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781623131982
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Child marriage; Human rights; Child abuse; Child labor; Family violence; Forced marriage; Abuse of; Female circumcision; Women
Other titles: Child marriage and human rights abuses in Tanzania; Tanzania :
Description: Four out of every 10 girls in Tanzania marry before they reach age 18. Some are as young as 7. Child marriage in Tanzania is driven by poverty and the payment of dowry, child labor, adolescent pregnancy, child abuse and neglect, as well as limited access to education and employment opportunities for women and girls. No Way Out: Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania, is based on in-depth interviews with 135 girls and women in Tanzania. The report documents the detrimental impact of child marriage including the impact on girls' education, the increased exposure to sexual and reproductive health risks, and domestic violence by husbands and extended family members. It also shows how child labor and female genital mutilation are pathways to child marriage. Tanzania lacks a uniform minimum marriage age of 18 for both boys and girls. Gaps in the child protection system, the lack of protection for victims of child marriage, and the many obstacles girls and women face in obtaining redress compel them to endure the devastating and long-lasting consequences of child marriage. Human Rights Watch calls on the Tanzanian government to enact legislation setting 18 as a minimum marriage age and to take immediate measures to protect girls and women from child marriage and other forms of violence to ensure the fulfillment of their human rights, in accordance with Tanzania's international legal obligations. -- back cover.
Notes: "October 2014"

Human Rights Watch report.

"This report was researched and written by Brenda Akia, a research fellow in the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Agnes Odhiambo and Meghan Rhoad, senior researcher and researcher of the Women's Rights Division participated in the field research. The report was reviewed and edited by Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the Women's Rights Division, and Agnes Odhiambo." -- page 93.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Summary and key recommendations; title: Methodology; title: I. Background: Child marriage and violence against women and girls in Tanzania; title: II. How girls become brides: Factors contributing to child marriage; title: III. Impacts of child marriage in Tanzania; title: IV. Government failure to protect girls from child marriage and ensure justice for victims; title: V. Tanzania's international legal obligations; title: Recommendations; title: Acknowledgements.