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Disclaimer: To safeguard the identity of the Girl Child, the name used has been changed to protect her. Imagine those early school days; back when you were just a child, full of energy, dreams, and hope. Now picture what it might have been like if no one in your family, or even your community, had cared about your education. Where would you be today? How would tomorrow look for you, without even the smallest encouragement or support? “When I first started school, I was living with my father, but soon I had to move to my grandmother’s home,” Hawa begins, her voice trembling. “My

By Elias Maeda and Jackline Mgeni Media for Development and Advocacy (MEDEA Tanzania) is currently implementing its one-year Sauti Zetu Project which focuses on raising community understanding on the existing Tanzania marriage law of 1971 and its implications on girls’ right to education. The project is funded by Malala Fund, and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania is adding force as an implementing partner through its Ministry of President’s Office — Regional Administration and Local Government. In the last two weeks, a gender-balanced team of four project executors was in the Tabora region, implementing the project in the districts of Sikonge and Igunga. Join us as we