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Welcome to Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA). This year, our organization marks twenty one years of campaigning and supporting women and children's rights. Over the years, it has been our quest to ensure that our vision and mission are carried out and also that our core values are upheld. Some of our commendable achievements include: 1. Reaching over 2 million people by raising awareness on legal rights via Radio/TV, training paralegals etc. 2. Providing legal aid directly to more than 10,000 women and children over 20 years 3. Helping to bring about legal reform, including giving women the right to own property (Land Act) and revisions to the Sexual Offences Act 4. Coordinating the Gender Land Task Force (GLTF) 5. Assisting women to resolve inheritance issues and promoting Will writing 6. Mobilizing lawyers to help vulnerable people through legal aid clinics 7. Creating a network of 450 women lawyers TAWLA continues to provide legal aid services to women, campaign on women and children's human rights, advocate for good governance, create forums for women lawyers’ mutual support in order to harness their professional capability and ensure greater representation of women in Government. For more information on TAWLA, please see About TAWLA.
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