Tanzania: Fredina Nkwabi
| Gender Links
| Name | FREDINA MAKELEJA SAID |
| Surname | NKWABI |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Give a short history of the leader | My experience on the challenges facing women forced me to engage on campaign of the leading post so as to advocate on gender issues. Example, tradition n and customs which deny women to participate in decision making |
| Objectives | To provide education on how to prevent women from early marriage, to enhance campaign for women to have power to lead, to hire properties (land), reproductive education and girls to have confidence for self expression |
| Key activities | The first problem was that women were not given right to own properties (land). The ultimate goal is to bring equality in distribution of resources especially land to both men and women. Now the problem is about to be solved as now women have an equal chance of hiring land. Secondly, early marriage and teenage pregnancy. The ultimate goal is eradicate pregnancy, early marriage and teenage marriage whereby the problem were solved through providing education on village meeting, initiating gender based violence club, initiating committee for securing women and children. Thirdly, lack of participation of women in decision making. The ultimate goal was to ensure women are given chance to participate fully in decision making by being encouraging to lead. |
| Key challenges | The challenges includes poor tradition and believes among the members of the community, lack of enough financial resource that limit to cover large area so as to reach people, political interference |
Results | |
| Change at the individual level | Self awareness, self management, to know and claim my social rights, to b listened to the levels of decision making, to help get the right to own resources like land, to convince other women to contest for leading posts |
| Evidence of change at the individual level | TGNP MTANDAO - Certificate of appreciation on Gender Equality OXFARM - Certificate of participation on "Mama Shujaa wa Chakula" ACTION AID - Certificate of Analysis and Accountability on Budget Issues KISHAPU DISTRICT COUNCIL - Certificate of Gender Issue, Agriculture and Community Involvement |
| Change at the household level | To create a family which is aware of gender equality, participation in decision making, the right to own properties |
| Evidence of change at the household level | I do own a piece of land, my family member do participate well in decision making, my children (girls and boys) go to school |
| Change at institutional level | Marther Kulwa owns a piece of land of 2 hectares, Grace Charles owns a piece of land of 3 Hectares, Fredina Said has been a member of KISHAPU HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| Evidence of change at institutional level | Marther Kulwa owns a piece of land of 2 hectares, Grace Charles owns a piece of land of 3 Hectares, Fredina Said has been a member of KISHAPU HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| Change at a policy level | Women have participated fully in claiming leadership posts, establishment of community clubs which provides education to the community concerning gender based violence, Credit Setting Up and Borrowing Groups |
| Evidence of change at a policy level | JITOLEE GROUP - Negezi Village, Ukenyenge Ward AMANI GROUP - Negezi Village, Ukenyenge Ward |
| Capacity building | Training on Gender Based Violence - provided by TGNPMTANDAO, Seminar on Creating One Voice - provided by Women Fund |
| Lessons learned and shared | Gender equality and resources ownership |
| Next Steps | To have a community which considers Gender Equality |
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