Project
End Gender Violence against Young Women
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Amount Funded
79,011 EUROProject Duration
01 Jan 2022 - 30 Jun 2023 -
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Lead organisation
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Voice of Encouragement (VET) is a local non-political, non-profitable organization established in May 2017 and became officially registered in November 2017, to respond current need for Tanzania marginalized and vulnerable groups in order to sustained and strengthen and promote human rights culture, equal education for all, tackle early marriage and unwanted pregnancy. VET was founded by nine members (six women and three men) who are passionate about girls’ and young women’s rights and development in Tanzania.
VET is managed by independent non-partisan indigenous professionals who have been experiencing practically and technically on various fields of capacity buildings of humanitarian sectors, Health sector and community development projects as they have had special training (TOTs) to the sectors of humanitarian interventions, Human rights, Health, child protection, and capacity building programs.
VET works with adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania. Their mandate is to curb teen pregnancy, child-marriage, gender-based violence and ensure that the rights of adolescent girls and young women are adhered to all over Tanzania. VET is engaged in promoting gender equality and addressing young women’s empowerment issues since its inception. Most projects focus on the issues of violence against women (VAW) capacity building and tackling child marriage and teen pregnancy. Over a period of time with enough experience of working on teenage mothers and young women issues; the organization has well increased its conceptual understanding and knowledge of the issues of marginalized young women and the young women vulnerable to domestic violence and political participation as well.
Voice of Encouragement in this project intends to Strengthen young women in political participation anddecision making as well. As it is well known that, there is a low level of young women involvement in political participation and decision making in Tanzania from local government level to central government level. Young women are either neglected or are afraid of engaging in political activities due to cultural issues and fear as well.
Therefore, this project will strengthen young women including indigenous young women, young women from minority ethnic groups, and young women with disabilities to see opportunities in political activities and decision making as well, in Tanga and Morogoro regions. In addition, VET works with NGUVU YA MWANAMKE, a network of university girl-students in Tanzania.
The project aim to identify 30 girls with leadership traits and conduct 3 days leadership skills training to university and secondary schools female students. After the training the university girl-students will be linked to Nguvu ya Mwanamke network and the school girls will form Voice clubs in their respective schools/localities. The participants will be sought from indigenous ethnic groups and women with disabilities. Furthermore, the counterpart will hold 1 day discussion meeting between the Tanzania women parliamentarians group and two young women representatives from each region on mentoring program for young womens participation in political engagement. The counterpart will work with FUWAVITA to meet withwomen parliamentarians to echo out issues that young women experience on leadership and politics.
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Organisation
Voice of Encouragement (VET) is a local non-political, non-profitable organization established in May 2017 and became officially registered in November 2017, to respond current need for Tanzania marginalized and vulnerable groups in order to sustained and strengthen and promote human rights culture, equal education for all, tackle early marriage and unwanted pregnancy. VET was founded by nine members (six women and three men) who are passionate about girls’ and young women’s rights and development in Tanzania.
VET is managed by independent non-partisan indigenous professionals who have been experiencing practically and technically on various fields of capacity buildings of humanitarian sectors, Health sector and community development projects as they have had special training (TOTs) to the sectors of humanitarian interventions, Human rights, Health, child protection, and capacity building programs.
VET works with adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania. Their mandate is to curb teen pregnancy, child-marriage, gender-based violence and ensure that the rights of adolescent girls and young women are adhered to all over Tanzania. VET is engaged in promoting gender equality and addressing young women’s empowerment issues since its inception. Most projects focus on the issues of violence against women (VAW) capacity building and tackling child marriage and teen pregnancy. Over a period of time with enough experience of working on teenage mothers and young women issues; the organization has well increased its conceptual understanding and knowledge of the issues of marginalized young women and the young women vulnerable to domestic violence and political participation as well.
Voice of Encouragement in this project intends to Strengthen young women in political participation anddecision making as well. As it is well known that, there is a low level of young women involvement in political participation and decision making in Tanzania from local government level to central government level. Young women are either neglected or are afraid of engaging in political activities due to cultural issues and fear as well.
Therefore, this project will strengthen young women including indigenous young women, young women from minority ethnic groups, and young women with disabilities to see opportunities in political activities and decision making as well, in Tanga and Morogoro regions. In addition, VET works with NGUVU YA MWANAMKE, a network of university girl-students in Tanzania.
The project aim to identify 30 girls with leadership traits and conduct 3 days leadership skills training to university and secondary schools female students. After the training the university girl-students will be linked to Nguvu ya Mwanamke network and the school girls will form Voice clubs in their respective schools/localities. The participants will be sought from indigenous ethnic groups and women with disabilities. Furthermore, the counterpart will hold 1 day discussion meeting between the Tanzania women parliamentarians group and two young women representatives from each region on mentoring program for young womens participation in political engagement. The counterpart will work with FUWAVITA to meet withwomen parliamentarians to echo out issues that young women experience on leadership and politics.
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Project
After the minister of education made statement about re-entry for dropout schoolgirls, VET through End Gender Violence against Young Women project aims to Advocacy for school re-entry policy for dropout after maternity leave. The project aims to raise awareness and promote re-entry of school dropout girls because in Tanzania when girls get pregnant at school they are always discriminated starting from their families, schools, and at community levels. The project intends to advocate for the re-entry statement adopted as policy to avoid Confusion from political leaders, teachers, and community in general. The main objective is to see reentry statement changed into policy by the end of 2024.
The grant applied to VET will support the implementation of End Gender Violence against Young Women project. This project will support the organization to among other to promote the re-entry statement and advocacy establishment of re-entry policy of school dropout especially young girls due to pregnancy.
The activities that will be implemented in this project include Project Inception: Launch of Sensitization and Awareness Marathon Campaign and Ni mimi an wewe Forum in Kisarawe and Turanga District that include both faith leaders, feminism teachers and school administration which aims at promoting re-entry forschool droup out students i.e Targeting teen and young mother. The forum shall consist of 4 faith leaders, 8 feminists, 8 teachers and 2 staff from gender desk and 2 social welfare officers and 2 VET staff.
Organizational Linking <(>&<)> learning: Conduct a casestudy in Kenya and Zambia on re-enter policy for school dropout young mothers. We need to learn from other countries, how they’vebeen successful after establishing reentry policy. Organize meetingswith Ministry of Educational and Vocational Training to advocate on reentry policy. National Dialogue of Ni MIMI na WEWE Forum in Dar es salaam towards promotion of re-entry for school dropout and advocate against early marriage and unwanted pregnancy. 100 teachers and school administration, 20 faith leaders, 30 young feminists and 50 representatives from young girl’s school clubs established by VET in previous project from university and secondary school. Establishment of art performing sessions. We will deliver various message to educate community about GBV, SRHR, Important of education for girls, awareness on how to use Skolamate platform (awareness through In-school campaign). Production of animated videos to deliver SRHR lessons to teenagers who are in and out of school through art and animation to promote learning spirit, empower them with knowledge and skills on matters related to sex and to building healthy, respectful relationships with the opposite sex. 10 videos and 10 drawings and photographsand1 cartoon magazine.
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After the minister of education made statement about re-entry for dropout schoolgirls, VET through End Gender Violence against Young Women project aims to Advocacy for school re-entry policy for dropout after maternity leave. The project aims to raise awareness and promote re-entry of school dropout girls because in Tanzania when girls get pregnant at school they are always discriminated starting from their families, schools, and at community levels. The project intends to advocate for the re-entry statement adopted as policy to avoid Confusion from political leaders, teachers, and community in general. The main objective is to see reentry statement changed into policy by the end of 2024.
The grant applied to VET will support the implementation of End Gender Violence against Young Women project. This project will support the organization to among other to promote the re-entry statement and advocacy establishment of re-entry policy of school dropout especially young girls due to pregnancy.
The activities that will be implemented in this project include Project Inception: Launch of Sensitization and Awareness Marathon Campaign and Ni mimi an wewe Forum in Kisarawe and Turanga District that include both faith leaders, feminism teachers and school administration which aims at promoting re-entry forschool droup out students i.e Targeting teen and young mother. The forum shall consist of 4 faith leaders, 8 feminists, 8 teachers and 2 staff from gender desk and 2 social welfare officers and 2 VET staff.
Organizational Linking <(>&<)> learning: Conduct a casestudy in Kenya and Zambia on re-enter policy for school dropout young mothers. We need to learn from other countries, how they’vebeen successful after establishing reentry policy. Organize meetingswith Ministry of Educational and Vocational Training to advocate on reentry policy. National Dialogue of Ni MIMI na WEWE Forum in Dar es salaam towards promotion of re-entry for school dropout and advocate against early marriage and unwanted pregnancy. 100 teachers and school administration, 20 faith leaders, 30 young feminists and 50 representatives from young girl’s school clubs established by VET in previous project from university and secondary school. Establishment of art performing sessions. We will deliver various message to educate community about GBV, SRHR, Important of education for girls, awareness on how to use Skolamate platform (awareness through In-school campaign). Production of animated videos to deliver SRHR lessons to teenagers who are in and out of school through art and animation to promote learning spirit, empower them with knowledge and skills on matters related to sex and to building healthy, respectful relationships with the opposite sex. 10 videos and 10 drawings and photographsand1 cartoon magazine.