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Quick information guide

Why women empowerment?

Compared to men, Tanzanian women are subjected to various setbacks that affect their ability to conduct development activities perfectly.

  • Limited access to social justice
  • Limited access to social services such as education, health and water
  • Low participation in economic development
  • Gender based violence incidences such as sexual harassment and domestic violence
  • Limited access to financial services

Women empowerment actors have put in place women empowerment programmes that include soft and hard skills:

  • Digital literacy
  • Financial inclusion
  • Livelihood skills
  • Human rights and civil society
  • Environmental stewardship
  • Micro enterprise
  • Women’s health

Women empowerment programmes in Tanzania

Women economic empowerment in Tanzania is vital as more than 50.56% of the population is made of women who are responsible for daily food security and other social economic activities.

It is critical to empower women economically for national economy to grow at a desired pace. Women are often deprived of means of production and this leads to a generalised development issue for the whole country.

Different development actors have taken cognizance of this issue and have set up empowerment programmes.

angle-left National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC)

National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC)

About NEEC

National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC) started in 2005 to coordinate the implementation of the national policy of economic empowerment of 2004. The NEEC is a strategic leader in facilitating, co-ordinating and monitoring the implementation of the National Economic Empowerment Policy of 2004, aiming at guiding Tanzanians to a strong national economy through an encouraging business environment and fair economic participation. Some key functions of the NEEC are co-ordinating the implementation of empowerment activities across sectors and players; mobilising resources for the citizens’ credit guarantee fund and administering its usage; facilitating entrepreneurship training programmes for various groups of citizens; and collaborating and networking with organisations and institutions that promote empowerment, development and entrepreneurship.
Services provided

Access to Legal Aid: Support women to access justice in the formal court 

Entrepreneurship development: Coordinate and deliver training on entrepreneurship for various economic groups 

Access to financial services: Support the citizens in accessing loans from financial institutions

Coordination of Communal groups: Train for the Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) on business management 
Events  
Contacts

NEEC 
Address: P.O.BOX 1734
Phone: 222125596
 Hotline: +225 22 2125596
http://www.uwezeshaji.go.tz
Mwanzo |National Economic Empowerment Council
www.uwezeshaji.go.tz

 

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