of violence whereby Officers from Police, Lawyer, Counsellor and Medics; and e) National Guidelines for the
Protection and Welfare of Children . In Tanzania Mainland, the then Deputy Secretary General of the United
Nations, Dr. Asha -Rose Migiro, herself a Tanzanian, launched the “National Survey Report on Violence
against Children (VAC)” on August, 2011. For the first time in Africa, a national household survey was
undertaken to identify prevalence rates of sexual, physical and emotional violence against children. The
results were shocking. One in three girls and one in seven boys reported experiencing childhood sexual
violence, three quarters of boys and girls reported experiencing childhood physical violence and a quarter of
girls and boys reported childhood emotional violence. The Government reacted quickly to the findings and
used the Launch of the Survey Report to launch its response through an accompanying document called
“Priority Responses”. This document lays out the commitments across the Ministries responsible for
children’s protection and was delivered in person by the Ministers themselves.
113. In addition, the State Party has has developed child protection system units in 36 councils. Where 900
officers (25 from each Council) have been trained on child protection. Besides, the State Party has developed
National Guidelines on Psychosocial Care and Support Services for Most Vulnerable Children that were
adopted in 2014,subsequent to which Social Welfare Officers are undergoing regular on-job training on the
application of the Guidelines.
(h) Other information on Measures to Protect Children with Special Needs
Children with Albinism
114. The State has put in place several measures to stop gross violations of the right to life, survival
and development of children with albinism (CWAs), including the adoption of the National Human Rights
Action Plan (2013 – 2017) through the Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs, which addresses, inter
alia, issues of the rights of CWAs. Other measures include:
(a) enacting the Law of the Child Act (2009) and specific law, the Persons with Disability Act in
2010 which protects the rights and welfare of the children with disability in light of the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
(b) developing Guidelines on Early Identification and Intervention of Children with Disability
2015. The Guidelines under the pilot in Shinyanga and Iringa Region,aim at helping parents
and caregivers to identify early signs of disability to children and take early appropriate
intervention;
(c) enacting the Persons with Disability Act ing 2010 which protects the rights and welfare of the
persons with disabilities including issues of CWD;.
(d) The Attorney-General s currently on the process of reviewing the Withcraft Act48 and the
Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act49) with a view to devising a better mechanism to
offer better protection to children with albinisim and handicap who suffer attack against these
witchcraft beliefs;
(e) in collaboration with CSOs, adoption of a strategy to raise awareness to the most affected
regions;
(f) Establishing an Annual Crime rCport that since 2012 has been reporting on the number of
crimes against people with disabilities;
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Cap. 18 R.E. 2002. The rreview of this is in light of the prevailing views that the attacks and killings PWA’s is associated with
witchcraft and supernatural believes. It is envisioned that this law is one means of arresting the problem and upon such review it will
be ascertained how to best address the problem through the legislation.
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Act No. 23/2002. The review of this law is due to the linkages made between traditional healers, witchdoctors and the attacks and
killings of PWA.
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