{"id":336,"date":"2020-05-05T19:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand4herland.org\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:16:44","slug":"country-coalition-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stand4herland.org\/fr\/country-coalition-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition nationale : Tanzanie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country Coalition<\/p><\/div>

Tanzania<\/h1><\/div>
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Coalition members at the national launch of the S4HL Tanzania coalition on November 21, 2019<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

GOAL<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To promote and protect inclusive secure land tenure and create an enabling environment so that all Tanzanian women can access, own, control, inherit, use, make decisions about and benefit from land and its produce by 2030<\/p><\/div><\/div>

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>
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FOUNDED<\/strong><\/h2>\n

January 2019<\/p><\/div><\/div>

NATIONAL LAUNCH<\/strong><\/h2>\n

November 2019<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Over the past 25 years, Tanzania has adopted several laws and policies that enshrine women\u2019s equal rights to land. \u00a0Civil society played an important role in this achievement through collaborative, coordinated advocacy.<\/p>\n

Building on previous initiatives and campaigns, many of these same women\u2019s and land rights advocates have come together to form Stand for Her Land Tanzania.\u00a0 Now 35 organizations strong \u2013\u00a0 representing diverse issue areas that meet at the intersection of women\u2019s land rights \u2013 the coalition is taking collective action to close the persistent gap between law and practice that prevents women from claiming their equal rights to land.\u00a0 Raising their collective voice, the coalition is working to bring down the structural, social and other implementation barriers that prevent Tanzanian women from claiming their equal rights to land.<\/p>\n

Read the S4HL Tanzania strategy<\/a> to learn more about what the Stand for Her Land Tanzania coalition plans to achieve in the years to come \u2013 and what it will take to get there.<\/p>\n

National Symposium Call to Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

On August 12-13, 2026, more than 200 delegates from member organizations of S4HL Tanzania gathered in Dodoma for a national symposium focused on advancing secure land rights and climate action through grassroots women and youth leadership. Read the joint declaration and call to action adopted at the convening:<\/p>\n

Tanzania National Symposium Call to Action<\/a><\/p>\n

Kongamano la Taifa la Tanzania Wito wa Kuchukua Hatua<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>

KEY FOCUS AREAS<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

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Social norms that prevent women from claiming their land rights, whether through individual or joint matrimonial ownership, or through protected equal rights to communally owned land, including pastoralist communities <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Women’s use of land for economic benefit<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Women’s participation in decision-making bodies and processes in land governance<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Women’s secure land rights in regions with land- based investments<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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My customary certificate of occupancy acts like a weapon.  Nobody can take my land away now because I have full ownership rights.<\/p><\/div>