UPR Sexual Rights Database

National Report:
Para 35) The Proposed Constitution considers women rights and provides women with equal rights as men on inheritance, succession and land issues. The State will embark on amendment of the to laws to enhance equality between men, women and children in succession, inheritance and land issues when the Proposed Constitution is adopted.

Para 36) Currently, the Land Act No. 4 of 1999, the Village Land Act No. 5 of 1999 provide women with the right to own land and participate on equal basis with men, in land decision making bodies. In Tanzania Zanzibar, the Land Tenure Act No. 12 of 1992 provides for similar provisions while the Land Tribunal Act No. 7 of 1994 establishes the Land Tribunal which enforces the provisions of the Land Tenure Act, thereby guaranteeing equality of men and women in land ownership and use. There is also a Registered Land Act No. 10 of 1990 which provides for the appointment of a Land Registrar. It is also worth to state that the current Land Registrar is a woman.

Para 37) Tanzania Mainland is reviewing the National Gender Policy to replace the Gender and Women Development policy 2000 in order to incorporate current emerging issues.

Para 38) In Tanzania Zanzibar, the Women Protection and Development Policy of 2001 is being reviewed with a view of creating the Zanzibar Gender Policy. In order to emancipate women in rural areas, 14 Women Information Windows have been established at the Ward level which provide rural women with information on health, education, legal issues, human rights, entrepreneurship skills, land rights and income generation projects. Further, the Proposed Constitution provides for the per centum of women in Parliament to be at 50%.

Para 46) Statistics for women in decision making positions show an increase in trend. In 2005 there were 62 women Members of Parliament while in 2015 there were 127. In 2015, there were 10 women Ministers, 5 Deputy Ministers, 32 Judges in the High Court, 5 in the Court of Appeal, 53 District Commissioners and 7 women Regional Commissioners. In higher learning institutions the number of female students increased from 10,039 in 2005 to 78,800 in 2014. Further, the State gained a female Vice President for the first time in 2015 and a female Deputy Attorney General. Also, during the 2015 General Elections, there were female presidential candidate among the contestants.

UN Compilation:
Para 3) The United Nations country team (UNCT) stated that the draft constitution, which had been approved on 2 October 2014 but was still awaiting a referendum, did not adequately address the issue of women%u2019s leadership and access to basic services ...

Para 67) ... UNCT stated that existing protection and special programmes for girls had been inadequate and resulted in many girls being unable to fulfil compulsory educational requirements. While the 2002 regulation still allowed for the expulsion of pregnant girls from school, a draft re-entry programme was under review and pending approval for girls who had dropped out of school owing to pregnancy.

Stakeholder Summary:
Para 63) JS9 stated that while there has been an increase in the representation of women in parliament, the judiciary, government bodies and in political parties, women remained under represented in local government.

Para 84) CRR stated that girls were subjected to mandatory pregnancy testing in schools. A positive pregnancy test usually resulted in the girls being expelled or they simply stop attending school to avoid the stigma or formal expulsion. A 2014 Education and Training Policy which allowed for the reenrolment of expelled girls, failed to address the forced pregnancy testing and their expulsion

Stakeholder Summary:
Para 55) LGBT Voice stated that during the 2011 review, Tanzania had not expressed support for recommendations to repeal the criminal provisions in relation to sexual orientation and to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. As a consequence of the criminalization of homosexual conduct, the police harass and demean LGBT persons with impunity.