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Item Attitudes of community towards female genital mutilation in Manyoni district, Singida region, Tanzania(2018-04-18) Chingonikaya, E.E; Salehe, F. S.The female genital mutilation (FGM) has a series of consequences which most of them lead to discomfort, maternity complications and finally deaths of girls and women. In Tanzania as well as other countries, a number of campaigns have been waged against FGM, but to date the practice still persists. This problem requires critical researches to look for the factors leading to the FGM not to end. Therefore, this study intended to assess the attitudes of people towards the FGM and its social value in order to generate information, which would be useful in conducting more successful campaigns against the practice. The study was conducted in Manyoni District in Singida Region- Tanzania from September to October, 2015. A cross-sectional research design was employed. A total of 120 respondents were selected in the three villages namely Aghondi, Kamenyanga and Mkwese. In each village 40 respondents were randomly selected and subjected to a structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS computer software programme. From the results it was revealed that the overall attitudes of the respondents were as 66.7% accounted for negative, 20.8% neutral and 12.5% of the respondents had positive attitude towards the FGM. Results further show that majority (79.2%) of respondents mentioned increasing chances for marriage as one of the reasons for undergoing FGM practice, (77.5%) mentioned Lawalawa and (76.7%) mentioned signs for sexual maturity. Generally, many people in the District seemed to have negative attitudes towards the FGM. This therefore, entails that FGM could be eradicated as majority of the people have negative attitude towards the practice.Item Determinants of Higher Fertility Rates in Igunga District, Tanzania: Does Women Empowerment Matters?(2013) Mbwambo, J.S; Chingonikaya, E.E; Mwatawala, H.WThis study was conducted to investigate the relationship between women’s empowerment and fertility in rural Tanzania. Data were collected from randomly selected 120 women in four randomly selected villages from two wards in Igunga District using a structured and non-structured questionnaire. Descriptive and regression analyses using Statistical Package for Social Sciences were employed to determine the factors for fertility. Women’s empowerment was measured by five proxies: economic decision making, mobility, coercive control, family planning and contraceptive use, and family size decision making. Fertility status was measured by age specific fertility rates and total fertility rates. The main argument adopted by the study was that higher fertility rates might be lowered through interventions that enhance women empowerment. The results indicates clearly that women in the study area are less empowered based on the adopted indicators and such lower levels of empowerment together with demographic and cultural factors including men’s dominance are responsible for higher fertility in the study area. The study recommends that interventions addressing cultural factors and enhancement of women empowerment may lower higher fertility rates from the study area. Moreover, while this study dealt with women as the unit of data collection and analysis, it is important that such intervention should involve both men and women. This, as seen from male dominance, is important because any change that is expected will come from decisions made and owned by men