Maputo Plan of Action (MPoA) Advocating for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Tanzania Best Practice Case Study

Gender and Media Southern Africa Tanzania (GEMSAT) is an organisation with individual and institutional membership. Most of the GEMSAT activities focus on awareness and advocacy issues concerning gender such as education, health, economics, social, etc. Every theme is examined through a gender lens. GEMSAT is a chapter organisation of individuals and institutions that work to promote gender equality in and through the media in the South African Development Community (SADC) countries. Its mission is to promote the
mainstreaming of gender in Southern Africa media as integral to the advocacy for freedom of expression,
a free and independent media and for the development of democratic societies in the region. After the adoption of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development on 17 August 2008, GEMSAT conducted a review in Tanzania, and found that there were gaps that needed special attention in order to fulfill the mission and vision of the Gender Protocol. One of these gaps is the problem of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for the majority women in Southern Africa, particularly in Tanzania. GEMSAT, as a civil society organisation (CSO) that works with journalists and other gender activists, found that there was a need to implement this project in order to reduce health problems in women and sensitise the government through the Ministry for Health and Social Affairs.

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