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Chaguo Langu, Haki Yangu 2022- 2023 Key achievements
The ‘Chaguo Langu Haki Yangu - My Rights My Choices: Protecting the Rights and Choices of Women and Girls, particularly Women and Girls with Disabilities in Tanzania’ Programme (hereinafter the Programme) is a three-and-a-half-year programme (2021-2025) implemented by UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, funded by the Government of Finland.
The programme goal is to ensure that the rights and choices of women and girls, particularly women and girls with disabilities, are protected and enhanced through a multi-sectoral and holistic approach that tackles gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices including early, forced and child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). The programme is implemented in Mainland and Zanzibar in four regions and six districts within those regions, including Mara (Butiama and Tarime districts), Shinyanga (Kishapu and Kahama districts), Urban/West Unguja (Urban district) and South Pemba (Chake Chake district). In Zanzibar, the programme is implemented together with several implementing partners including the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, C-Sema, Help Age International (HAI), and Tanzania Interfaith Partnership (TIP).
This publication is a reflecting the 2022-2023 Key Achievements of the Chaguo Langu, Haki Yangu Programme
Life starts in the hands of the midwife - Event Highlights
Deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, along with newborn deaths, remain a major public health crisis globally. In Tanzania, despite a decline in maternal deaths, newborn deaths haven’t reduced.
The Thamini Uzazi Salama - Strengthening Midwifery in Tanzania (SMIT) Project, a 7-year initiative, aims to change this. A collaboration between UNFPA, Amref Canada, and the Canadian Association of Midwives, Thamini Uzazi Salama Project will focus on three districts in Shinyanga and three municipal councils in Dar es Salaam. By increasing the number of skilled midwives and working with local partners, the project aims to improve healthcare delivery and provide comprehensive reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services (RMNCAH).
The May 3rd, 2024 launch event at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital marks a new chapter. Through presentations, media engagement, and stakeholder discussions, the launch aimed to raise awareness, garner support, and mobilize action to achieve Thamini Uzazi Salama Project’s goals: ensuring quality care and support for every mother and newborn.
By bringing together key players and fostering collaboration, the Thamini Uzazi Salama Project has the potential to make a significant impact on maternal and newborn mortality rates in Tanzania. This initiative represents a collective effort to save lives and build a healthier future for mothers and babies.
Safeguarding Young People (SYP) Phase II Launch Event Highlights
On April 18, 2024, UNFPA, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland and key partners convened at Sea Cliff Hotel in Dar es Salaam to celebrate the results of the Safeguarding Young People (SYP) Phase I and launch Phase II of the program. The event had three main objectives:
1. To underscore the achievements of the Safeguard Young People Programme Phase I as a youth-focused program aligned to national priorities and under Government ownership and leadership.
2. To showcase the diverse partnerships among Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs), Civil Society Organizations, NGOs, and youth networks in mainland and Zanzibar in advancing the agenda for youth health and well-being, particularly sexual and reproductive health.
3. To highlight the role of youth leadership, empowerment, and engagement in advancing the health and well-being of young people in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, including the role of young people with disabilities.
The SYP program in Tanzania seeks to establish a conducive political, legal, and policy environment and develop the capacity for Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and Youth Participation on a national level. Furthermore, it supports the strengthening of effective coordination and partnerships in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
At the Regional and District levels, the interventions focus on strengthening institutions’ capacity to deliver quality Comprehensive Sexuality Education/Life Skills (CSE) and Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) for inschool and out-of-school young people. It also supports the scaling up of integrated youthfriendly service provision in selected regions of Kigoma, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba).
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.