Campaigners claim 47 women were left by their husbands for taking share in the recent ballot in the nation’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelagoUp to 50 women in Zanzibar beget been divorced for taking share in the recent Tanzanian elections against the wishes of their husbands,according to lawyers and women’s rights campaigners. Mzuri Issa, coordinator of the Tanzania Media Women’s organization (TAMWA) in the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago, or said 47 women were divorced for voting contrary to their husband’s orders in a tightly fought ballot that remains undecided.
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Source: theguardian.com