BUILDING EVIDENCE ON RURAL WOMEN STRUGGLES FOR LAND RIGHTS IN TANZANIA: THE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE, RECOGNITION AND PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES

By Godfrey Eliseus Massay

Land is one of the terrains of struggle for most rural women in Africa because of its importance in sustaining rural livelihoods, and social-cultural and geopolitical factors that hinder women from enjoying land rights. Even when there are progressive land laws, as it is for Tanzania, women have not really enjoyed their rights. However, this has not stopped women to keep fighting for their land rights.  They have sought their own approaches by leveraging opportunities within traditional, religious, and formal systems standing for their rights. 

THE NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY (NES)

Submitted by Website Officer on 27 February 2017 - 11:13am

This launching workshop is organised by TALA and TNRF.

Introduction

The International Land Coalition (ILC) Africa brings together its members and partners to launch the national engagement strategy (NES) for Tanzania. In addressing its mission in Africa, International Land Coalition (ILC) supports National Engagement Strategy (NES) in 10 Countries in Africa including Tanzania and aims to address strategic objectives: “Connect, Mobilize and Influence”.

A NES is a strategy that aims to promote people centered land governance (PCLG), bringing about transformation in land governance at country level. The NES approach is to work towards two main outcomes:

  • The setting-up of a multi-stakeholder platform on land governance for policy dialogue and knowledge sharing; and
  • A country strategy for engagement on land governance developed and agreed upon by all actors involved.
When: 
28 February 2017 - 8:00am to 1 March 2017 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Wanyama Hotel
Sinza Mori
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Phone: +255 652 468 219
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Tags: 
Strategy, ILC, Land Based Investment, Rangeland

TANZANIA FORESTRY WORKING GROUP (TFWG) WORKSHOP IN LUSHOTO

Submitted by Website Officer on 1 February 2017 - 5:09pm

Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF) is hosting a workshop in Lushoto from today 1st February to 3rd February. More than 10 participants including TFWG members from different organizations have attended this workshop (WWF, JET, SHIVIMITA, MJUMITA, LEAT, MCDI, FARM AFRICA, TRAFFIC, AFRICARE, and TASONABI). The objective of this workshop is to review the Tanzania Forestry Working Group strategy which ended in 2016, assess its implementation and evaluate if the actions are valid or require changes. This will be donewith reference to Mama Misitu evaluation report, TRAFFIC report of 2016and December 2016 MNRT review report to identify and consolidate key issues that may be relevant to a new Tanzania Forestry Working Group strategy.

Relevance: 
TNRF-related

TNRF guides CSOs and Private Sector in identification of common areas of concern regarding Conservation, Anti-poaching and Tourism in Tanzania

Submitted by Website Officer on 31 January 2017 - 10:41am

On 23rdand 24thof January 2017, TNRF hosted a meeting in Babati with CSOs, private sector, NGOs, Government, researchers and conservationists. The main objective of the meeting was to have dialogue on the common areas of concern among CSOs and Private Sector regarding conservation, anti-poaching and tourism around which advocacy agendas were developed. This was a sub-activity under the PROTECT Project main activity: "Engaging Civil Society Organizations and Private Sector in developing advocacy agendas".

Relevance: 
TNRF-related
Wildlife Working Group: 
Wildlife Management Areas

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