Tanzania: Fredina Nkwabi

Date: July 23, 2019

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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