Gender and Climate Change: Tanzania National Strategy on Gender and Climate Change (2013)

 

Gender and Climate Change: Tanzania National Strategy on Gender and Climate Change (2013)

The overall objective of the Strategy  is :to enable Tanzania to mainstream gender consideration into policies, programs, and strategies related to climate change so that both men and women have access to, participate in,  contribute to, and hence benefit from climate change initiatives and efforts taking into account the diverse  needs roles and contribution of both men and women in sustainable development  (Aguilas L. and Rogers F(2011) available at: (https:portals.iuen.org/site/uion/files/doc/ccgap-tanzania)

 The strategy identifies six priority sectors for intervention: agriculture, water, health, forests/REDD and Integrated Coast Management. In agriculture the strategy aims at improving efficiency of water storage systems through construction of dams in which are controlled by women. In water the strategy is to empower women in urban and rural areas to harvest water for domestic use in places where water is contaminated, expensive or not accessible.

                                                      Picha kwa hisani ya mtandao

In health the strategy is to strengthen/maintain links between women groups and health offices to share information on diseases as well as curative measures. In Forests/REDD+ the strategy is to identify benefit sharing schemes within and outside Tanzania and establish best practices.

Lastly, in Integrated Coastal Management, the strategy is to prioritize in provision of loans and credits for accessing appropriate technology with emphasis in seaweed farming, fishing and aquaculture.

The implementation of the strategy is guide by A Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines which is a guidebook to assist sector ministries to mainstream gender in their respective actions on climate change (www.mcdgc,go.tz/data/cca-guidelines)