Dar es Salaam, Sept. 9 -- Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has brought together various stakeholders to discuss obstacles hampering women from vying for political posts in Mara Region.

The stakeholders met in Tarime District, Mara Region, during a three-day workshop which ended over the weekend.

"The aim of the workshop is to increase participation of Tarime women in politics and leadership", Dr Consolata Sulley, a lecturer from the department of political science and public administration at the University of Dar es salaam said here over the weekend.

"We have told them to shelve the old misconception that women's job is to stay in the kitchen, " Dr Sulley pointed out. The workshop took place at the time when Tanzania is pre...