Tanzania
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By: Kizito Makoye
Date: 21 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In Tanzania, land rights are enshrined in the Land Act and the Village Land Act, both of 1999, which grant women equal rights to access, own and control land as any man.
However, the reality on the ground for women is…
Source: Marie Claire
Author: Abigail Haworth
Photographs by Charlie Shoemaker
In the Mara region of northern Tanzania, Abigail Haworth discovers an empowering tribal tradition undergoing a modern revival.
Mugosi Maningo and Anastasia Juma's homestead lies among a cluster of hamlets that…
Published today in the Mokoro newsletter online, an article from Mokoro Associate and WOLTS team member Roman Moges Asefaha. Roman writes about 'Land Tenure Security and LSLAs - Strategic Empowerment for Women?', drawing on her work with the WOLTS project in Tanzania. WOLTS is a long-term multi-…
By: Prof Marjorie Mbilinyi
Date: August 2nd 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Citizen
The Female Food Heroes campaign is a significant effort to raise awareness about the contribution of women small-scale producers and the barriers they face. The campaign highlights the individual initiatives of…
Date: 04 aout 2016
Source: Agence ecofin
Par Souha Touré
Les autorités tanzaniennes ont porté leur choix courant juillet 2016 sur un consortium mené par IGN FI pour la conception, l’installation et l’exploitation du Système intégré d’information sur la gestion foncière ILMIS du pays. C’est ce…
By: Sylivester Domasa
Date: August 9th 2016
Source: Daily News Tanzania
DESPITE government’s adoption of village title deeds as loan collateral, farmers are having tough times in accessing financial services, a high government official has said.
“Such a factor adds up to the increasing debt levels…
By: Paola Totaro
Date: August 9th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The seven lowest scoring nations across all 10 indicators were in the Middle East including Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen
LONDON, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wealthier countries…
By: Filbert Rweyemamu
Date: August 14th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Citizen
Arusha — Women from marginalized communities in Africa will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to raise awareness about land rights this October.
Programme manager of the Tanzania Gender Network Programme (TGNP) Grace…
Tanzanie : selon l’IIED, il faut intégrer l’approche genre dans la règlementation foncière locale ()
Date: 24 août 2016
Source: Agence Ecofin
Par Souha Touré
Dans une étude qu’il vient de publier, l'Institut international pour l'environnement et le développement (IIED) déplore le faible accès des femmes tanzaniennes aux terres rurales en dépit des dispositions progressistes sur l’égalité des…
By: Joseph Mwamunyange
Date: September 3rd 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The East African
Tanzania's Land Act No. 4 of 1999 explicitly states that no foreigner can own land in the country.
According to the former executive director of HakiArdhi, Yefred Myenzi, the Act spells out how land can be used…
By: Kizito Makoye
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
"The use of drones will help us to define the boundaries of plots of land on the ground with great accuracy"
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania's government is set to deploy drones to speed…
By: Kizito Makoye Shigela
Date: September 15th 2016
Source: In Depth News
VILABWA, Tanzania (IDN) - At a small village south of Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, women rarely talk about land issues because customary norms keep them at bay. “We don’t have the voice, its men who decide…