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Tanzania Shows It Has A Woman’s Constitution

By Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, 4 December 2014
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete. (Aaron Harris/Courtesy Reuters)
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete speaks during the closing news conference for the "Saving Every Woman, Every Child: Within Arm's Reach" Summit in Toronto, May 30, 2014. (Aaron Harris/Courtesy Reuters)
<p><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">A victory for women. That’s what October 8 represented in Tanzania as the East African nation’s&nbsp;Committee of the Constituent Assembly officially presented a draft for a new constitution to President Jakaya Kikwete, the first new constitution since 1977. This draft has been endorsed by parliament and will likely become law when it is put through a referendum in the spring before the October 2015 general elections.</span><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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