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Alama Toleo la 3: Kizazi cha Mabadiliko, Sauti za Vijana Kutoka Tanzania.
Karibu katika Jarida Toleo namba Tatu la Kiswahili la Mpango wa kuimarisha vijana kufikia malengo yao kiafya na kimaendeleo (SYP).
SYP ni mpango wa kimageuzi uliozinduliwa mwaka 2013 kwa nchi za Kusini mwa Afrika ambazo ni Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Afrika ya Kusini, Zambia na Zimbabwe. Tanzania ilizindua rasmi mpango huo mnamo Aprili 2022. Kimsingi, mpango wa SYP umejikita katika kuboresha afya na ustawi wa vijana wa rika balehe kati ya wenye umri kati ya miaka 10 - 24.
Nchini Tanzania, mpango wa SYP unalenga mikoa inayopambana na viashiria duni vya kijamii, afya ya uzazi na haki za vijana wa rika balehe ikiwa ni pamoja na mimba za utotoni, VVU, ndoa za utotoni na ukosefu wa usawa wa kijinsia. Lengo kuu la mpango huu ni kusaidia jitihada za kuboresha afya na ustawi wa vijana wa rika balehe na vijana. Mpango wa SYP unamfumo wa uongozi na utawala uliokubaliwa na Serikali ya Uswisi ambayo inashirikiana na Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Idadi ya Watu (UNFPA) katika kufadhili mpango huu.
Moving Forward Together: Highlights of Key Achievements in the 9th Country Programme July - December 2022
The 2022 Population and Housing Census, conducted under the leadership of the National Bureau of Statistics, with technical support from UNFPA further revealed that the dynamic youth population of Tanzania is growing. To harness the demographic dividend of this growth, In order to empower youth, immediate investment is needed to meet the demand for expanded opportunities and the provision of health services including sexual and reproductive health.
This report, celebrates our 2022 July-December joint achievements, taking place in the first six months of the 9th Country Programme (2022-2027). Key achievements highlighted in this report includes: the establishment of One-Stop Centres, enhancing capacity of maternal health facilities, strengthening national data systems, forwarding gender equality by upholding positive social norms, and more.
UNFPA Tanzania 8th Country Programme (2016-2022) Evaluation Brief
This document provides a summary of the Evaluation Report of the UNFPA 8th Country Programme (2016 - 2022) for the United Republic of Tanzania. The overall evaluation grade was: ‘Good’ and the programme was positively evaluated as well aligned to national and international development priorities. A Country Programme Evaluation is conducted once per decade, at the end of every other five-year country programme cycle. The UNFPA Tanzania 8th Country Programme Evaluation was carried out from July 2021 to March 2022.
Alama 3rd Edition: Generations of Change, Voices of Youth from Tanzania.
The Safeguard Young People (SYP) Programme is a transformative initiative that was launched in 2013 for Southern African nations: namely Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Tanzania officially launched the flagship programme in April 2022. At its core, SYP is dedicated to nurturing the health and well-being of adolescents and young individuals aged 10-24 years.
Alama 2nd Edition - Realizing the Potential of Every Young People
Safeguard Young People (SYP) is a regional programme which started in 2013 for countries within Southern Africa, that is, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Its goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents and young people aged 10-24 years. The programme has three phases in which each phase lasts three years. The SYP Programme has a governance and management architecture agreed upon with the Government of Switzerland that is cofunding this programme with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In 2020/21, SYP has been expanded to include countries in the Eastern Africa Region: Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania. In Tanzania the program was officially launched in April, 2022.
Follow the Data: Rights & Choices for all - Programme Brochure
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is the leading UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. Within this context, UNFPA collaborates with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, development partners and local actors to work toward the Transformative Results; as reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals, these are: zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths, zero gender-based violence and harmful practices, and zero new HIV infections.
UNFPA – Delivering for women and young people
Our vision is to advance the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action’s promise of realizing sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights and girl’s and women’s empowerment and gender equality, while leaving no one behind, in particular youth as agents of positive change and the leaders of the generation to carry forward the ICPD promise and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Rights and Choices for all - UNFPA Tanzania Highlights of Achievements from 2021 and the 8th Country Programme
2021 Annual Report & Highlights from our 8th Country Programme, which recently concluded in June 2022. This report details our shared achievements together with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, our donors, and partner civil society organizations, youth-led organizations, Organizations of persons with disability, and sister UN Agencies. This report marks the closure of the UNFPA 8th Country Programme of Support to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania (2016/17- June 2022), and paves the way for continued partnership in our new 9th Country Programme 2022-2027.
Policy Brief: Realizing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young people with disabilities
The Policy Brief, a joint effort of UNFPA Tanzania and national government organizations, including women and youth-led organizations of persons living with disabilities, with support from Finland, describes the necessary policy changes, investments and interventions needed for women and young persons with disabilities to fully realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and be protected from gender-based violence (GBV).
The Policy Brief is available in an easy read format.
Fact Sheet: Ujana Wangu Nguvu Yangu
Launched in July 2018, the Ujana Wangu Nguvu Yangu “My youth, My power” project funded by Irish Aid focuses on strengthening health systems, human resources and infrastructure so that access to quality sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services and information, including maternal and child health and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response, is expanded for some of the furthest behind women and young people in local communities in Kigoma Region – with targeted support to young people living in the three refugee camps.