1. THE SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT 2014
ALLIANCE AND FBOs
(Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, 28 April 2014, Flora Nzema)
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SYNOPSIS
The organization has managed to organize women in media, women in gender development work.
Together with other media organizations, we have managed to change lives of women particularly at grassroots level.
We have also managed to influence the government to make changes on various policies and laws e.g. SOSPA.
The organization has call for changes for issues affecting women to be dealt worked on by the government and we are still working on it.
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3. Community radio beneficiaries admiring the radio

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OBJECTIVES
To eliminate cultural barriers that hinder Masaai women participation in the development process,
To promote participation of Masaai women in the general election,
To promote public awareness on the SADC protocol 50/50 goal
To link the rural women groups with national groups such as TAMWA, IAWRT,
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BACKGROUND
Women and girls were been discriminated by cultural practices, were not allowed to listen to the radio.
Only men and boys were allowed.
Women did not even know who was contesting for leadership such as Member of Parliament.
They were not aware that women, including the young ones such as Halima Mdee can contest for MP,
In general they were cut off from what was happening in the country and even in their area.
Women voted for leaders dictated to them by the husband.
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6. Maasai woman following news while holding a goat

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KEY ACTIVITIES
Establish facts through studies and survey
Production of radio and television articles about the problems facing women as well as advancement made by women e.g. when Dr. Asha Rose Migiro was appointed to become the Secretary General of the United Nations
Sensitizing community, organization members, other organizations, media staff in general on gender mainstreaming
Networking (rural women groups, national women groups, international groups)
Voice for the voiceless - Lobbying and advocacy for women voice to be raised
 Please list at least five in bullet form
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8. Learning how to use the radio

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RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
Amount local currency (specify) TZS
Amount in Rand
Gender specific allocation
 52,000,000
 325,000
Gender in mainstream projects (please specify)
 28,000,000
 175,000
Amount contributed in cash or in kind by partner organisations (please specify)
 78,000,000
 487,500
TOTAL
 80,000,000
 500,000
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BENEFICIARIES
 CATEGORY
WOMEN
MEN
TOTAL
% WOMEN
Direct beneficiaries e.g. number of parliamentarians trained
 286
 312
598
48%
Indirect beneficiaries (e.g. through other networks)
 3,438
 4,276
7,724
45%
Online beneficiaries (e.g. website access, mailing lists, scholarly articles)
3,724
4,588
8,322
Total
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CHALLENGES
Difficult to make men accept changes, it was overcome through sensitization
Access to Maasai land – overcome by staying there for long time
Language – overcome through forming groups and making many interventions through the groups where community members can discuss and agree on issues even by using Maasai language
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12. One of the target group members

13. MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Face to face interviews with the target groups
Focus Group Discussions
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RESULTS
Use one slide for each result, include examples of evidence
Service delivery
Women’s empowerment
Men for change
Public participation
Changes at the work place
Outreach through the media
Changes at household level
Capacity building
Changes in attitudes
Changes at a policy level
Any other changes
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15. Results Use one slide for each result, include examples of evidence
Women’s empowerment
On their right to participate in development process

16. Women’s empowerment

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RESULTS
Use one slide for each result, include examples of evidence
Outreach through the media
Writing newspaper articles to share information with public
Article: Women in remote areas vow to hold accountable irresponsible politicians.
Writing press releases
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RESULTS
Use one slide for each result, include examples of evidence
Capacity building
Rural women and men groups have been trained on outdated culture and their effects
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RESULTS
Use one slide for each result, include examples of evidence
Changes at a policy level
IAWRT and partners have influenced the government to take action on oppressive culture e.g. FGM.
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20. LESSON LEARNED AND INNOVATION
What lessons have been learnt?
One needs to have sufficient data in order to start the process for making changes of a situation
Politicians have high influence in making changes
Support and collaboration by other organizations and groups is important
Multidisciplinary team helps fastening the processes
How are these being applied?
These have been shared with other groups
The groups use the lessons learnt in other projects .
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21. LEARNING AND SHARING WITH PARTNERS
How have you learned from and sharing with other partners?
The successes, challenges and lessons learnt are reported in meetings, newspapers and have also been shared electronically with wider groups
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22. SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION
How can the work be sustained?
Through making the issue become part of activities of villages
Through formulation of tools such as laws.
How can the work be cascaded to other organisations?
By sharing information
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KEY PRIORITIES FOR 2014
Gender mainstreaming
Rural women capacity building on the rights to vote, fighting against outdated culture and customs
Reporting continuing writing/producing programs on matters regarding women
Networking with other member organizations and unforgettable groups
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