TGNP Zonal Gender Festival

In October 2022, TGNP held its Zonal Gender Festival in Northern Tanzania with the theme of “Economic Justice: Making Resources Work for Marginalized People for Sustainable Livelihood.” Over three days, more than 450 participants discussed current issues, opportunities, and challenges before moving into action planning for each district to develop key advocacy strategies and approaches. The festival was an open forum that brought together community groups, knowledge centres, national NGOs, government leaders, and development partners to discuss how to advance gender equality in Tanzania.

The festival aimed to celebrate success, discuss the best way to use existing and emerging economic opportunities to increase decent jobs, and bring sustainable life as well as provide an opportunity to reflect and evaluate existing challenges and how to set strategies to deal with those challenges.

Eric Smith, Project Manager had the chance to speak with knowledge centres in the ENGAGE project. They shared the importance of knowledge centres in building collective voice and action to advocate for gender equality and community development. They highlighted in the importance of assetbased community development (ABCD) in creating economic and leadership opportunities for women.

Alongside Coady, TGNP was joined by development partners including Crossroads International, Global Affairs Canada’s Women Voice and Leadership Program, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and SeedChange.