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PWC Publications:

Women's Rights and Leadership Forums

Brief about how PWC and partner UCRT are advancing the land rights of pastoralist women in northern Tanzania

A review of the impacts and achievements of the Women’s Leadership Forums

This report on Womens Land Rights document the experiences and achievements of the Women’s Leadership Forums (WLFs)

PWC Brochure - English

PWC's programmes focus on education, women’s economic empowerment, and rights and leadership to address the root causes of gender inequality and marginalisation.

PWC Brochure - Kiswahili

Kazi Yetu Programu ya PWC inajikita katika elimu, uwezeshaji wa kiuchumi kwa wanawake, na haki na uongozi kukabiliana na vyanzo vya msingi vya utengwaji na kutokuwepo usawa wa kijinsia.

Womens Rights to Communal Land in Tanzania

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PWC Case study on the Womens Rights Leadership Forums:

Abstract: In Tanzania, pasturelands are under pressure. Patriarchal cultural norms present additional challenges for young pastoralist women. The Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC), an organisation of indigenous pastoralist women, worked with traditional leaders and local governments to raise awareness about women’s land rights.

Power up: Case studies

Success stories from around the world. Read more about Noorkerumbuot Mokoro from Kimokouwa village

Democratic Education Needs Imagination: Preventing identity-based violence through education

PWC contributed a case study based on experiences managing a community school to the conference on democratic education. You can access the final paper on the link above

Securing Your Families Future (SYFF)

The SYFF project is designed to increase women’s access to, use of, ownership of, control of, and decision-making about land in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It has been developed by Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS; Pastoral Women’s Council; and Uganda Community Based Association for Child Welfare. You can access the toolkits below

SYFF for men curriculum

Securing Your Family’s Future Transforming Peer Norms about Women’s Land Rights A COURSE FOR MEN

SYFF for women curriculum

Securing Your Family’s Future Transforming Peer Norms about Women’s Land Rights A Course for Women

SYFF together

Securing Your Family’s Future TOGETHER A Course for SYFF for Men and SYFF for Women Couple Graduates

Most Significant Change stories from SYFF course for men

In 2018, a pilot course, Securing Your Family’s Future (SYFF): Transforming Peer Norms about Women’s Land Rights—A Course for Men was developed by Lori Rolleri Consulting in collaboration with the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) (Tanzania), KELIN (Kenya), UCOBAC (Uganda) and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). This course is a curriculum-based intervention designed to change peer norms about women’s land rights among men in local communities.

Lessons learnt from implementng SYFF for men

This study sought to assess changes in knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, future intentions, and perceptions of peer norms related to women's land and property rights among male participants in the Securing Your Family's Future (SYFF) course in Tanzania

Mama Ardhi Brochure

PWC is a member of the Mama Ardhi Alliance campaigning for Equal Land Rights in Tanzania.