The Law of the Child Act 2009 standardise the definition of a child in the country. Sec 4(1) A person below the age of eighteen years shall be known as a child.
Law of the Child Act in Tanzania provide for reform of laws relating to children giving effect to international and regional conventions on the rights of the child.
It is against the Law to discriminate a child on any grounds being gender, religion, language, disability, health status, ethnic origin or socio-economic status. Sec(2) LCA 2009.
Right to name and nationality LCA 2009 Sec. 6(1) states ‘A child shall have a right to a name, nationality and to know his biological parents and extended family’.
LCA 2009 Sec (11) states ‘A child shall have a right of opinion and no person shall deprive a child capable of forming views the right to express an opinion, to be listened to and to participate in decisions which affect his well-being’.
It is against the Law to discriminate a child on any grounds being gender, religion, language, disability, health status, ethnic origin or socio-economic status. Sec(2) LCA 2009.
TANZANIA CHILD HELPLINE
Leo Tarehe 14 mwezi juni 2013, huduma ya mawasiliano ya simu ya msaada kwa mtoto yaani (TANZANIA CHILD HELPLINE) imezinduliwa rasmi na waziri wa wizar
Constitutional review and Children
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Jukwaa la Haki za Watoto Tanzania (Tanzania Child Rights Forum -TCRF) ambalo linaratibu mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali zaidi ya 100....
HOTUBA MWENYEKITI WA TUME UZINDUZI WA RASIMU YA KATIBA
HOTUBA YA MWENYEKITI WA TUME YA MABADILIKO YA KATIBA, JAJI JOSEPH S. WARIOBA, KATIKA MKUTANO WA WAANDISHI WA HABARI KUHUSU UZINDUZI WA RASIMU YA KATI
SHINDANO LA UCHORAJI KUHUSU HAKI ZA WATOTO
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SHINDANO LA INSHA KUHUSU HAKI ZA WATOTO
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TCRF discusses constitution in Dodoma Annual Meeting
Dodoma. Members of the Tanzania Child Rights Forum (TCRF) have proposed 11 provisions relating to children’s right to be included in the new Constitution, which give emphasis on quality education and the right not to be detained,..
The 2nd Pan African Conference on Parenting 2013 - 16- 17 October 2013 - Malawi
Parenting in Africa Network (PAN) Secretariat, Nairobi, 23th May 2013: We are pleased to announce the 2nd pan African conference on parenting.
Consideration of Tanzania CRC State Report set to be 16-20 June 2014
United Republic of Tanzania has submitted the 3rd, 4th and 5th Periodic Report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its pre-requisite to the commitment made under the Conv



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