Legal Human Rights centre (LHRC) - Tanzania
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Quick information guide
The Tanzania Legal Act, 2017 recognises the right of access to legal aid and orients providers to:
- Carry out educational programmes in national or local languages on legal issues and procedures of concern to the community;
- Assist aided persons in the procedures to obtain necessary legal documents;
- Guide aided person to a proper forum or to access justice; and
- Advise the conflicting parties to seek amicable settlement or referring them to dispute settlement institutions
Why is legal aid important for women?
Research studies have shown that women in Tanzania are likely to suffer more when it comes to accessing and utilizing legal services compared to men simply because of:
- Vulnerability: Women are more vulnerable to oppression than men due to socio-economic characters
- Literacy: Majority of the women are illiterate; this becomes difficult for them to connect with legal aid and express themselves
- Income: Women are less paid compared to men what disadvantages them when it comes to affording paid legal services
- Cultural values: Some cultural practices have created in a woman a spirit of underestimation.
This makes it hard for women to fight for their rights.
Women Legal Aid Support Services in Tanzania
The National Strategy for Gender Development (NSGD) aims at guiding all stakeholders to work towards gender equality in a more harmonized manner.
Part four of the Tanzania Legal Aid Act of 2017 gives provisions for legal aid to eligible indent persons such as women and persons in lawful custody. Various NGOs have special programs to provide free legal aid services to needy women.
Legal Human Rights centre (LHRC)
| About LHRC | The LHRC deals with women and children issues by promoting their rights through advocacy for reform/ change of law, policy, and practice. LHRC has a program that identifies, tracks and documents incidents of women's rights violations and engage with various institutions and stakeholders for the purposes of calling for accountability, safeguarding and promotion of women's rights. Currently LHRC has three offices one in Arusha and two in Dar es Salaam. LHRC has also a Gender and Children program which aims to raise awareness and empower the general public as well as the target groups (women/ children) |
| Services Provided by LHRC |
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| Does a Woman need to pay for LHRC Services? | LHRC legal services are free for marginalized women and children who are in need of access to legal aid services. |
| Public Events | LHRC organizes various advocacy and awareness raising events such as
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| Contacts | Head Quarter Dar es Salaam Legal Aid Centre Isere St.House No.660 +255 717 143 784 Arusha Office Olerian Street PlotNo116/5, |