It is with great pleasure and excitement that we share with you the MEDEA Tanzania 2023 Annual Report. This report encapsulates our collective efforts, achievements, and contributions towards fostering positive change and empowering communities. Kindly allocate some time to thoroughly peruse the report. Your valuable feedback is highly appreciated, and if feasible, we would be …
To ensure that citizens can work together to solve issues, make government function for them, and have their opinions heard and treated seriously during decision-making, open civic space and inclusivity are crucial components. We have been lacking real discussion on a number of important problems in Tanzania for more than five years. There is barely …
Sauti Zetu Film Festival – not just a film festival, but a noteworthy cinematic event in Dar es Salaam. As we commemorate its inaugural edition, we are delighted to sincerely share with you the comprehensive report of this year’s festival. Explore the details of the event and its highlights by clicking the link here.
We are looking for creative and passionate young media and art enthusiasts to join our team in the positions of advocacy officer, monitoring and evaluation officer, and capacity building officer. Send us your application if you have all it takes to be one.A link to the applications is available here Kindly pass the message.
Foreword from the Organization’s Executive Director Dear Esteemed Partners, Sharing with you what we have been up to for the past year brings me great joy. Thanks to our primary funder, The Malala Fund, for their kind support in making the Sauti Zetu Project a success, the road toward promoting equal access to education for …
Kivulini Storytellers, yeah, you are right; Under the shade storytellers. Under the shade, where people take a rest when they finish their jobs; under the shade, where community members gather for community dialogues; and, of course, under the shade, where we used to gather and listen to the tales from our grannies. As emerging storytellers, …
From February 19 to 22, Media for Development and Advocacy, MEDEA Tanzania and other grantees of the Malala Fund had the honor of visiting the Afya Plus Tanzania organization to exchange ideas and gain insights into the Safe Pads Project. The project, implemented by Afya Plus across 50 schools in the Iringa region, strives to …
How AfyaPlus promotes menstrual hygiene to safeguard young girls’ right to education. Read More »
“I challenge the notion that it is acceptable to describe women’s clothing as provocative, as this reinforces problematic attitudes about women’s responsibility for men’s sexual behavior. These beliefs and attitudes not only influence women’s daily lives but also shape how some individuals respond to incidents of sexual corruption and harassment”. These statements and more were …
Thania Abdallah famously known by her stage name Thania Msomali is 33 years old and has been a taarab singer for 8 years. She is one of 15 female artists who recently attended the Female Artist Forum at Dar Es Salaam, organized under the Tuambie project. Thania has never felt able to talk openly about …
Addressing Sextortion in the Tanzania Music Industry; Learn What MEDEA and Partners Did. Read More »
By Jackline Mgeni, Elias Maeda & Hassan Kiyungi As Media for Development and Advocacy (MEDEA Tanzania) continues to implement its one-year Sauti Zetu Project with the support from Malala Fund, which focuses on increasing community understanding of Tanzania’s existing marriage law of 1971 and its implications to girls’ rights to education, we are grateful that the …
Sauti Zetu Interventions in Lindi: Unyago and Other Significant Findings. Read More »