ABSTRACT

Tanzania has, over the past two decades, made remarkable progress in terms of women’s representation in the parliament. In the women in parliament rankings, Tanzania comes 23rd in the world and the 8th in Africa with 36.6% Members of Parliament. This achievement is largely a result of struggles by the women’s movement in which a transformative feminist organization namely the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP-Mtandao) is clearly singled out to have played a leading role. This paper provides a critical assessment of the contribution of TGNP-Mtandao in promoting women’s representation and participation in decision-making processes in Tanzania. Specifically, it focuses to understand how TGNP’s leadership style contributed change in the rules of the game towards the achievement of gender equality and women’s political empowerment. In order to accomplish this endeavour, this work employed qualitative research so as to gain an in-depth understanding of gender issues in Tanzania’s context. Data were collected mainly through interviews with key stakeholders from parliamentarians and non-governmental organizations. Moreover, election reports, evaluation reports, gender reports, and legislations were reviewed to provide secondary data.

摘要

在过去的二十年里，坦桑尼亚在妇女在议会中的代表人数方面取得了显着进步。在议会中的女性排名中，坦桑尼亚以 36.6% 的议员比例在世界上排名第 23 位，在非洲排名第 8 位。这一成就主要是妇女运动斗争的结果，其中一个变革性的女权主义组织，即坦桑尼亚性别网络计划 (TGNP-Mtandao) 显然被挑出来发挥了主导作用。本文对 TGNP-Mtandao 在促进坦桑尼亚妇女代表和参与决策进程方面的贡献进行了批判性评估。具体而言，它侧重于了解 TGNP 的领导风格如何促成游戏规则的改变，以实现性别平等和女性政治赋权。为了完成这项工作，这项工作采用了定性研究，以便深入了解坦桑尼亚背景下的性别问题。数据主要是通过与议员和非政府组织的主要利益相关者的访谈收集的。此外，还审查了选举报告、评估报告、性别报告和立法，以提供二手数据。