Renewed Women's Voice and Leadership - Tanzania

This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs) vulnerable groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and feminist movements worldwide. It includes enhanced support for WROs and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. In Tanzania Cuso International aims to partner with 3 local organizations to help implement the project. The goal is to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of WROs while fostering greater collaboration to drive transformative and lasting change. This project aims to increase the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all their diversity and to advance gender equality in Tanzania. Project activities include: (1) providing capacity-building training to WROS to enhance their skills in fundraising financial management risk management and coordination of organizational priorities; (2) implementing a granting mechanism for both multi-year and rapid response funds; and (3) supporting WROs in organizing networking events to discuss policy priorities and raise awareness. The project seeks to directly benefit around 80 women’s networks WROs young feminist organizations vulnerable groups and 3 000 women and 2 000 young women. Indirectly it aims to reach more than 40 000 individuals.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved management and sustainability of local women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Tanzania; (2) enhanced performance of WROs’ programming and advocacy to advance gender equality and empower women and girls; and (3) increased effectiveness of sub-national and women’s rights platforms networks and alliances to affect policy legal and social change in Tanzania.