For any country to set development goals, it must have accurate data on its population. Officials must go into the streets to get accurate data where they can count even the homeless, he said. Mr Mwaijonga said there was need for the government to educate people ahead of the census to avoid any possible errors.
In the 2002 census some people refused to give accurate information on the number of people in their houses and linked the census with taxes. This should not to happen in the 2012 census, he said. Meanwhile, the UNFPA Deputy Representative, Dr Esther Muia, said that this years World Population Day will be marked at the national level in Shinyanga Region on July 11.
She said that this years theme is Responding to the Economic Crisis: Investing in Women is a Smart Choice. Throughout the world, when there is an economic crisis, it is women who suffer most. We can protect the rights of women by increasing opportunities for them in education, health and income generation, she said.
Dr Muia said there were signs that the global financial crisis would soon create challenges to households as employment opportunities decline, donor aid reduced and remittances from Tanzanians in the diaspora to their families become less. More women are likely to become poor unless we invest in their education, increase the allocation of budget to reproductive health and help them put money in their pockets, she said.
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