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My Little Zen: Yoga and Digital Literacy
Hope for Girls and Women has safe houses for girls escaping FGM, GBV, child marriage, abuse and rape, in Mugumu (Serengeti) and Butiama, near Musoma. Across these safe houses, many of the girls actively participate in remote Yoga lessons over Zoom run by our friends My Little Zen. My Little Zen is an organisation which combines yoga … Continue reading My Little Zen: Yoga and Digital Literacy
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence commences in Serengeti, Tanzania
The Hope for Girls and Women (HFGAW) team has been involved in a number of key initiatives in recent days as we commemorate 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). In Mugumu, Serengeti, we visited Mapindusu Secondary school, where girls from Hope for Girls and Women spoke about their experiences with GBV and Female … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence commences in Serengeti, Tanzania
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How the 2022 Tanzanian Census / Sensa will impact efforts to reduce FGM in Serengeti
Throughout the month of August and even beyond, there will be school closures, this will be longer than in a standard year when a Census is not being conducted. A key risk during this period is to girls whose families will use this extended period of being away from school to carry out female genital cutting/mutilation (FGM).
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Rhobi Samwelly selected for Human Rights Defenders Award
Hope for Girls and Women’s Founder and Director, Rhobi Samwelly, has been selected by France’s President Macron for a prestigious Marianne Human Rights Defenders Award. Rhobi will travel to Paris, France, in February with the awards ceremony taking place in March 2022. The Marianne initiative for Human Rights Defenders was launched in December 2021 and … Continue reading Rhobi Samwelly selected for Human Rights Defenders Award
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Hope’s 16 Days of Activism against GBV and FGM
Between November 25th and December 30th 2021, Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania worked with the Serengeti District Office (District Community Development Officer, District Social Welfare) and Gender Desk Police Officers to create awareness of FGM and GBV, through meetings, roadshows and village outreach. These sessions were organised to bring awareness to Mugumu-Serengeti villages such … Continue reading Hope’s 16 Days of Activism against GBV and FGM
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Facilitating the creation of female entrepreneur groups in Serengeti and Butiama
The Hope team recently organised a gathering for women and girls in Serengeti and Butiama to learn important skills to help them generate income. The entrepreneurship training included the sharing of information on how to work economically, ensuring a profit can be made from their industry of choice.
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A weekend of education and empowerment for girls in the Serengeti District
On the weekend of 29th and 30th May 2021, the Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania team collaborated with Grumeti Fund to provide empowerment sessions for local school girls in the Serengeti District.
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Against my will: A collaborative effort to end gender inequality
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has published its State of the World Population 2020 paper. Against my will: Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality
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An exciting collaboration between FAWCO and Hope for Girls and Women
The Hope for Girls and Women team is very grateful and humbled to confirm that we have been selected as the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas’ (FAWCO) Target Project running from 2020 until 2022.
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