Africa | Tanzania | Career

Tanzania’s female engineers strive to break male dominance

Shouting above the din of a concrete mixer, 25-year-old civil engineer Angela James says she is unfazed about being the only woman technician working at a busy construction site in the Tanzanian capital. "I am a trained civil engineer, so you should expect to see me working in the field," she said. "It doesn't matter who I'm working with, as long as my job is done perfectly." The graduate engineer from the University of Dar es Salaam has over the past two years been gaining practical experience as she works towards her final professional qualification. "Some people don't bel

Africa | Tanzania | Politics

Tanzania: Magufuli Pledges More Senior Posts for Women

Source: allAfrica

CCM Union presidential candidate John Magufuli has said he was committed and determined to empower the women to scale to higher ranks in his government if elected to the country's highest office the State House. Addressing thousands of Chato residents, Dr Magufuli said it was such commitment and desire that prompted him to pick Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan as his running mate, paving the way for her to become the country's first woman vice-president. The presidential nominee said he was seriously committed to making sure that the 50/50 agenda in all decision-making organs and administrative po

Africa | Tanzania | Politics

History is made in Tanzania with two women among the five potential candidates to be president

Source: Quartz

Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, has narrowed its choice of presidential nominee for the upcoming October elections down to five names including two women. The justice minister and former UN deputy secretary general Asha-Rose Migiro and African Union ambassador to the US Amina Salum Ali made history, becoming the first women to make it this far in to the nomination contest.

Africa | Tanzania | Culture

Income empowers Kilimanjaro women to seek justice

Source: UN Women

When farmer and widow Rose Davis’ plot of land was taken over by another farmer in 2012 she lost her income. Alone and with no savings she was discouraged by many from taking legal action, which also brought with it substantial costs. Having lost the land that was given to her by her father after her husband’s death, Ms. Davis could have easily given up her legal fight to reclaim her property. However, she is now actively pursuing her case at the District Land and Housing Tribunal in the Municipality as a result of the Women’s Economic Empowerment for Justice in Tanzania Programme

Africa | Tanzania | Economy

Solar Sister site in Tanzania, where women are empowered by clean energy

Source: inhabitat

Solar Sister in the town of Karatu, Tanzania, where woman receive training and micro-financing to sell solar-powered lanterns and cookstoves. Solar Sister is part of Sustainable Energy Solutions powered by Women’s Enterprise, a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action. They have created a deliberately woman-centered direct sales network to bring the potential of clean energy to even the most remote communities in Africa. Solar Sisters have trained 1,300 entrepreneurs so far in Africa, with 476 of those located in Tanzania. Solar Sister shared this quote on their Instagram page, fr

Africa | Tanzania | Activism

TANZANIA: Men Join Women’s Rights Bandwagon in Tarime

Source: MakeEveryWomanCount

Almost 300 people, the majority of them men and boys, have turned up to attend a community public meeting held to promote the rights of women and children in Tarime district, Mara region. The meeting, which was held at Serengeti ground in Tarime town, was organized by Children's Dignity Forum (CDF), a non- governmental organization, through its new project dubbed 'MenEngage.' "The aim was to involve men and boys in promoting the rights of women and children in Tarime," MenEngage Project Coordinator, Ms Dorothea Ernest, told the 'Daily News' in Tarime on Thursday morning.

Africa | Tanzania | Politics

TANZANIA: CUF Promises Prosperity for Women if Voted Into Power

Source: MakeEveryWomanCount

THE Civic United Front (CUF) has promised women in Zanzibar that they will prosper if it wins and forms government after the October General election. The promise was made here over the weekend by the CUF Secretary General, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, at a public rally held in Kitope constituency in North Unguja, where he said Zanzibaris should expect a prosperous future under his party leadership. "We know that many of you (women) need to get married, but you cannot do so because of economic difficulties including lack of reliable employment. Our plans will change Zanzibar economically in