LAND O'LAKES TRAINS IRINGA WOMEN ON LAND OWNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP

Senior Program Coordinator for Innovation in Gender Equality (IGE), Mary Kabelele (right) express the light moment with her Assistant Program Coordinator for Innovation in Gender Equality (IGE), Mary Kafanabo (2^nd R) during the training of 25 women and girls on leadership held at Ifunda, Iringa District in Iringa Region yesterday. (Photo by Friday Simbaya)

A cross section of participants

Women from Iringa, Mufindi and Kilolo districts in Iringa have been imparted with knowledge on advocacy of women's rights and village land of 1999 yesterday.

The training was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Land O'Lakes (LOL), Inc. in Tanzania.

According to the Assistant Program Coordinator for Innovation in Gender Equality (IGE), Mary Kafanabo, such training is provided following a poor understanding of the land ownership and Land Act of 1999 in general.

She said that many women in the villages have little understanding of the land ownership and land law of 1999 that is why the organization has seen it importance in training women who are the biggest producers in agriculture and other social issues.

On her part, Senior Program Coordinator for Innovation in Gender Equality (IGE), Mary Kabelele said many women have little understanding about the issue of land ownership by thinking that it is a role for man.

She said that the women have the notion that a man being in charge of the family is the one responsible for the ownership of the land.

“We are proud to now see the beneficiaries of this project who are women and society in general have begun to gain awareness through training and they now will begin to claim their rights,” Kabelele added.

During the workshop facilitators from Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA), Latifa Ayubu and Francisca Gasper gave a presentation about women's rights to own land in Tanzania.

They said that the government through the ministry of community development and children created a policy of advancement of women and gender in 1992.

They (lawyers) added that the government in an effort to give citizens the direction of advancement of women and gender to ensure that policies, programs and development activities comply with gender equality.

Earlier on, Assistant District Agricultural Officer for Mufindi, Tinara Nyato, while opening the workshop on the rights of women in land occupancy, he urged women to use the knowledge acquired very well and share the knowledge to women counterparts in the villages.

One of the participants of the training, Jesca Chibwana from Igomaa Village, Sadani Ward in Mufindi District said that after getting awareness about land ownership laws, she will now be a good ambassador to teach her colleagues.

She confessed that she had known nothing about land ownership but with the coming the training from Land O’Lakes organization, she will now cope with the situation and claim her rights.

Meanwhile, Land O'Lakes (LOL), Inc. in Tanzania has trained 25 women and girls on leadership held at Ifunda, Iringa District in Iringa Region.

The training aimed to identify and recognize the contribution women have in various sectors, in order to eliminate negative thinking ability that and contributes women progress.

According to the Program Coordinator for Innovation in Gender Equality (IGE) of Land O'Lakes Tanzania, Mary Kabelele said that the measure of leadership is to see a leader can inspire and influencing people to achieve the desired goals.

“Women have the opportunity a major role to play in leading change as they spend more time and contribute a significant amount of labour in agriculture and other social issues,” she said.

Innovation in Gender Equality (IGE) is a four-year program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Land O'Lakes (LOL), Inc. in Tanzania.

This program aims to develop local capacity for building and sustaining women empowerment in Tanzania’s agriculture and food security areas.

As a means to achieve this goal, IGE has created the Centre for Advancement of Women in Agriculture in Tanzania (CAWAT).

One of the missions of CAWAT is to facilitate the testing and promotion of technologies that reduce time and labour burdens for women working in agriculture.

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