In Tanzania, women’s organizations serve as critical platforms for addressing gender inequality, promoting economic empowerment, and advocating for social justice. However, in Kigoma Region, women movement often face serious structural challenges that hinder their collective impact.

A lack of coordination among groups, coupled with limited resources and organizational capacity, has created fragmented efforts that struggle to gain traction. As a result, the women’s movement in the region, remains underdeveloped, despite the growing need for unified action. In this context, Wezesha Binti- a bilateral program in Tanzania is working in strengthening the women movement in Kigoma, by connecting fragmented efforts, building capacity and empower   them to grow into a cohesive and influential force for gender equality.   

In the absence of strong networks linking women’s organizations, Wezesha Binti organized workshops for women’s, youths and People With Dissability organizations in Kigoma to coordinate their efforts, define the agenda and decide on the approaches that would challenge traditional power structures and reshaping local governance, specifically on Gender equality.  

With majority of these organizations work around social justice, environmental management, climate change and gender equality, the women movement  are now organized to collectively work towards   addressing violence against women and girls and challenge social norms that perpetuate inequality.

With limited resources, these community level  efforts lay the groundwork for more organized and powerful movements engaging the local government authorities, individuals, families, groups, traditional leaders, local markets, churches, and schools as the backbone of the movement. Through storytelling, community meetings, and small cooperatives, the movement will  share strategies, mobilize support, and create spaces for collective action, strengthen their legitimacy and presence.