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TSF challenges govt for plans against marginalised groups
2006-09-26 08:48:18
By Humphrey Edward and Jonas Wingod, TSJ
The Tanzania Social Forum (TSF) has challenged the government to put in place plans and strategies that would empower the marginalised groups and bring to an end, violence against disadvantaged groups such as women and children.
Speaking to The Guardian, TSF chairperson Mary Mwingira said the world is a place of peace and equality where everybody is entitled to access the resources available in their respective places.
She said the authorities should also emphasize on issues of reconstructing ethic and spirituality, promoting gender equality, economic and social culture rights and reconstruction of politics for a well developed society.
She explained that delegates to the just ended technical consultations meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, revealed that there were a number of marginalised groups in developing countries who were deprived of their rights because of social violence.
Another similar forum aimed at fighting for peoples rights, peace, basic social services and economic development would be held from 20th to 25th January next year and would attract participants from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Brazil, India, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Spain, Zambia and Italy.
She said both TSF and WSF (world Social Forum) stand firm against human domination, imperial exploitation of humanity and other related evils of today’s corporate globalisation processes.
According to her, WSF stand for democracy and the rule of law and oppose any form of discrimination including that against Women, Girls and Children.
Among the issue that the Tanzanian public has raised for discussion in Kenya next year, includes the danger of growing inequalities, gender and class disparities with conflict in Africa.
However, she said, Tanzania is planning to have 2,000 participants to the WSF meeting and it will mainly include representatives from rural production of women/youth groups and disabled.
She invited all media houses to send reporters and journalists, researchers, activists, pastoralists, hunter-gatherers and peasants whom will be represented in big numbers.
In general the event is open for social movements in struggles against oppression and exploitation, but priority will be given to traditionally unheard groups and sections of the Tanzanian society.
In Tanzania, the WSF activities are being co-ordinated by the Tanzania Association of Non Governmental Association (TANGO), whose network has spread all over the country.
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