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"Because of previous efforts we have made, our roles are more visible now than any other time before. To date, many initiatives are in place to deal with issues of women from global level to the grassroots. More resources are being allocated and better coordination of programmes, such as UN WOMEN and the universalisation of rights, are more evident"

"This is what some of us can afford to do, bring you here and offer you with quality education. It remains with you to make full use of it, and you shouldn't let go of it. Your families and country needs your services, pull up your socks and take your rightful positions in the society when you finish with your education."

"He will tell you that he sees only you in his dreams, but when he impregnates you he will vanish, not to be seen again...Don't rush things, there is never too late in this world, we were all like you some time ago but we managed to stay focused and here we are."

"We need to feel pride in our language. We need to acknowledge the fact that Kiswahili bare the same value as any other language and never should we demean our language or any other culture whatsoever."

"Language has no borders. We need to take a front row position and become pioneers of our respective language across borders to facilitate communication."

"It saddens me to see sometimes even children under-five forced into labour, many of them are from poor families, so they do this for a living"

"As a former first lady of this nation and a mother, i am proud to witness these achievements because it proves that our efforts towards provision of education are not futile."

"I believe you are all here today celebrating your graduation because you avoided pregnancy during your time in primary and secondary school. I therefore urge you to use the skills and experience you acquired to make sure that early pregnancies are no longer a problem that prevent your younger sisters from fulfilling their dreams"

"We recognise, with admiration, its participation [the government] on the World Commission on Information and Accountability for Children’s and Women’s Health and the African Leaders Initiative Against Malaria (ALMA). These efforts altogether deserve special mention and our support"

"I believe the report will give a befitting profile to the women and development agenda."

"These statistics, in a nutshell, informs us that gaps remain in so many areas. In their totality, they call for more efforts to address the structural imbalances that hinder the realisation of women rights and welfare"

"What is the Government's plan to establish care centers for homeless children in every region of the country and build job and entrepreneurship skills for them?."

"Does the Government not see the importance of improving these services to relieve this great suffering of mothers and children?."

"Kagera Region is located near Lake Victoria but has a severe shortage of water:-"

"There has been an arbitrary increase in rent for National Housing Corporation (NHC) houses."

"Many railway stations do not have good services such as water, toilets and places to sit during the rain and therefore many passengers, especially mothers and children, experience difficulties."

"When the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, visited this city on his first official mission on taking office, he provided a personal donation of 100,000 US dollars of seed money to help launch in 2008 what is today known as the Moonbeam Youth Training Centre – a centre for young people without the resources or skills to lift themselves out of poverty."

"I believe that one cannot solve the problems that one does not fully understand.This is why I decided to take the UN secretary general to see real life in the slums.The outcome was that he gave a personal grant for UN-HABITAT to work in the slums of Kenya, as part of the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme that I had initiated with the government of Kenya when I first arrived in 2000."

"Well, that experience forced me out of the comfort zone and reminded me I was still an African woman who must fight any injustice for the sake of those coming after me. I am happy I emerged victorious and will go down in history in having helped formalise the status of the Nairobi duty station after it had existed informally for over 40 years, without [there being] an independent position of an under-secretarygeneral to function as a leader created by the General Assembly. In other words, before my struggle, the position of an independent director general for the Nairobi duty station did not exist."

"Actually I don’t care about those people because either they are not informed or have their own ulterior motives! Most of this stuff is misinformation and outright propaganda. First, there is no adverse audit query for UN-HABITAT. On the contrary, we achieved an outstanding financial performance, including from our fundraising events. I had inherited a bankrupt organization in 2002. I built it up from scratch."

"True, in 2002 I was elected by the UN General Assembly as under-secretary general of the United Nations and executive director of UN-HABITAT. I therefore became the first African woman in this senior elective position. In 2006 I was also appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the director general of the United Nations Office in Nairobi, which is the only UN headquarters station in the developing world. Once I got into both these positions, I considered it my duty to work hard and perform highly and impressively to demonstrate that African women, given a chance, can also deliver. I am happy that on this matter all are agreed I did very well."

"Youth training to improve employment prospects and entrepreneurship requires attention by governments as well as the private sector."

"As we all know, the problems of inadequate shelter, health care, education, poverty and unemployment among young people can lead them all too easily into crime. Ignoring their plight thus carries tremendous social and economic costs."

"You could help teach African women how to run small-scale businesses. You also have to tell your husbands to stop holding essential commodities to raise prices and profits."

"Education and jobs are your husbands."

"We are discouraged by your acts which indicate that tomorrow you will be leaving the country and thus there is no need to cooperate with native Tanzanian women."

"We received the news with deep sorrow. Losing 11 otherwise innocent people all at once is tragic ."

"another service that will be provided include adoption of children and step-parenting."

"We have noted some gaps in section 29 of the Child Act, and already the government is in the move to work on it accordingly."

"Even after the Human rights commission and Good governance raised the issue in 2014, none of these people had their land returned to them or even compensated."

"It's quite hard, especially because of African traditional culture where a woman's place is in the kitchen"

"Women have a tough time contesting elections and they have to show exemplary proficiency to get recognised."

"People were not used to seeing women in public meetings talking just like male politicians do. They realised that women can talk back."

"For a woman to be successful, she has to have a very supporting husband and family."

"Parliament is very unfriendly for a woman with a child. We are talking about it and we would like to see more women with children getting into parliament and then performing their parental duties without hindrance, without neglecting the children.""

"Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has come"

"The revolution of equality between men and women has began, there is no going back."

"The need to come together and pursue a common cause for our freedom is now, we must rise for the sake of Tanzania"

"Women need respect, support and opportunity not pity."

"Education is key to life but not a source of employment, knowledge is power, President Samia has opened up the country with a wide range of employment opportunities, be innovative and focused on how to use them”"

"If you want to become a university lecturer then learn and listen to what the from the lecturers, if you want to be a great leader then learn about the leader you desire to become like in your life, you must live now the kind of life you want to experience in the future."

"Women seek your own blessings,God has already blessed each of us with his own gift so that it will be a blessing for the whole poor."

"“We must protect the image of our country peace and stability let us promote political calm so our nation remains peaceful.”"

"“When I was Vice President, I decided to create women’s economic platforms in the regions to make it easier for them to solve their economic challenges and I promise to continue to nurture these platforms.”"

"“The government has already put in place the national climate change response strategy … with a target of reducing green gas emission economy wide between 30 to 35 per cent by the year 2030. … We are also determined to increase the use of renewable energies …”"

""Over the past 30 years, Tanzania has made significant progress … governmental commitment to empowering women … maternal health outcomes improving … ”"

""Education and leadership roles should not make us forget our fundamental responsibility of raising and nurturing our children. Neglecting this duty can lead to various societal challenges.”"

"“Women in leadership roles … work diligently and professionally to demonstrate to society that they are capable of holding such positions … This would help in breaking down the concept of a male-dominated society""

"“If we begin to divide ourselves, nothing will be accomplished … I humbly urge you, my fellow Tanzanian citizens, let us preserve our nation’s reputation. Tanzania is peaceful let us go and remain in peace.”"

"We are friends with almost every country on the planet. We are not enemies with anybody. We respect the views of those we do not agree with, even as we continue to defend ours as a responsibility passed down from our forefathers."