• Contact: Ndinini Kimesera Sikar
  • Address: Mandela Road, Moshono Ward P.O.Box 15240 Arusha Tanzania
  • Phone: +255739254290
  • Email: mwedo@habari.co.tz
  • Web: maasaiwomentanzania.com
  • Members:
    MWEDO

MWEDO

Maasai Women Development Organization

Member since: 2024

Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure gender justice in relation to land, taking all necessary measures to pursue both de jure and de facto equality, enhancing the ability of women to defend their land rights and take equal part in decision-making, and ensuring that control over land and the benefits that are derived thereof are equal between women and men, including the right to inherit and bequeath tenure rights.
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Equal land rights for women

Respect and protect the inherent land and territorial rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including by recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge and cultures contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment".
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Secure territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them. This requires the empowerment of those who otherwise would face limitations in representing their interests, particularly through support to land users' and other civil society organizations that are best able to inform, mobilize and legitimately represent marginalized land users, and their participation in multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.
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Inclusive decision-making

Mission

MWEDO's mission is to improve the livelihoods of pastoralist people in Tanzania through gender equality, access to education, community maternal healthcare, and sustainable economic opportunities.

Objectives

1. Promote women’s and girl’s rights through Gender Equality, Land Rights, Leadership and Inclusion in decision making within the society.
2. Improve education access for disadvantaged pastoralist’s women and girls and support development of educational facilities.
3. Promote healthcare seeking behavior among pastoralist’s communities and enhanced maternal health and nutrition, HIV/AIDS prevention, hygiene and sanitation.

4. Improved livelihoods for women and youth through increased access to economic opportunities

Constituencies

Maasai Women Development Organization (MWEDO) was established in 2000, as a women-led, members-based nongovernmental organization. MWEDO membership reaches over 10,000 grassroots women, girls, and youth based in rural communities in Kiteto, Simanjiro, Monduli, and Longido districts. Since its inception, MWEDO services have impacted over 360,000 people, mostly women and girls.

  • Contact: Ndinini Kimesera Sikar
  • Address: Mandela Road, Moshono Ward P.O.Box 15240 Arusha Tanzania
  • Phone: +255739254290
  • Email: mwedo@habari.co.tz
  • Web: maasaiwomentanzania.com
  • Members:
    MWEDO