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CAMFED Tanzania – Coping with COVID – Fiona Mavhinga in conversation with Lydia Wilbard

This conversation, moderated by CAMFED's Fiona Mavhinga, features Lydia Wilbard, National Director of CAMFED Tanzania, and Nasikiwa Mwalisu, CAMFED Tanzania's Program Manager, discussing how the&helli

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World Youth Skills Day 2020

Youth, and particularly young women, have been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of disruption to education and training, job losses due to…

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African women leading community action for vulnerable girls

Across rural districts in sub-Saharan Africa, we are coordinating with members of the CAMFED Association to reach out to the most vulnerable girls in their…

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CAMFED Association health professionals brace for COVID-19

As health professionals in the CAMFED Association — women leaders educated with CAMFED support — ready themselves to support and serve their communities during the…

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Hanipha

Hanipha lives with her father and step-mother in rural Tanzania, and is the third born in a family of five children. With few resources and…

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CAMFED Tanzania celebrates female pioneers on International Women’s Day

Across Tanzania, members of the CAMFED Association, CAMA, made International Women’s Day 2020 a day to remember. Staff at CAMFED Tanzania, together with partner community…

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Mwanaisha

Mwanaisha was one of 14 pioneering CAMFED Association members selected to attend a tailored six-week course in Sustainable Agricultural Systems at EARTH University, and has…

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Aida

Aida has blazed a trail for marginalized women and girls across Tanzania, by becoming the first CAMFED Association member in the country to qualify as…

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Joining forces for girls’ education – our moment in Tanzania’s parliament

On November 14, CAMFED Tanzania met with government representatives in the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Social Welfare and Community Development to discuss the scaling of…

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Advancing Girls’ Rights in Tanzania: The African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI) Strengthened My Foundation

Lydia Wilbard, National Director, Tanzania, shares her leadership journey. From losing her mother at a young age to becoming a founding member of the CAMFED…

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UN Global Climate Action Award recognizes the power of African women’s leadership in climate-smart agriculture

Since 2014, young women - members of the Campaign for Female Education's alumnae network, CAMA - have been taking action on climate change in rural…

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Supporting girls to succeed and women to lead

A new blog by the Brookings Institution, co-authored by CAMFED Executive Adviser, Barbara Chilangwa, and Millions Learning Project Director, Patrick Hannahan, points to the potential…

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