[{"bbox": [79, 106, 1150, 186], "category": "Text", "text": "particular), specific initiatives with CSOs on awareness raising. A EUR 5 Mio action about to start aims to support of SME development, in particular women's economic empowerment and access to finance (synergies with the current action will be sought)."}, {"bbox": [79, 191, 1150, 510], "category": "Text", "text": "Specific successful actions, such as support to the justice sector, have been identified as generating a very positive impact on the ground in terms of addressing gender-based violence and promoting gender equality and women economic empowerment. These actions may therefore be continued/scaled up under the current programme. Similarly, the programme financing the Tanzania Social Action Fund has proven to have a significant impact on the ground: 83% of primary recipients of household benefits were women and this focus on women will continue in the second phase of the programme. Given that women are far more likely to exercise control over the use of their own cash than their husband's, this is an empowering feature of program design. Recent studies in both Tanzania and Uganda show that a successful women's economic empowerment intervention needs more than only access to financial capital and hard business skills. The success of female entrepreneurs depends on not only on their entrepreneurial skills but also on how supportive institutions and stakeholders address or work around major gender-related constraints. To truly empower women, policymakers need to address these constraints and involve not only the private sector but also local government in the process."}, {"bbox": [79, 515, 1150, 596], "category": "Text", "text": "Finally, all the consultations undertaken by the EU Delegation have confirmed that a multifaceted intervention, at macro, meso and micro levels, is required to truly address all priorities of GAP III and reconfirmed the strong commitment from Government of Tanzania to lead and roll out this process."}, {"bbox": [79, 608, 1150, 1191], "category": "Text", "text": "Member States are largely supporting gender equality and women empowerment initiatives in almost all GAPIII priorities. On **Gender Based Violence**, Finland, Denmark, Ireland and France are active, mainly through gender mainstreaming but also through support to UNwomen/UNFPA. Finland is a large scale sponsor of UNFPA's work against(GBV in Tanzania; their work is focusing in the fight against child marriage, female genital mutilation and intimate partner violence, at local levels in those regions/districts of Tanzania where these harmful traditional practices are still shockingly widespread; also targeting in particular women and girls with disabilities. It supports local government level social welfare, community development, and community health officers, as well as the police gender desk officers through capacity development, partly facilitated by national and local CSOs. About **Sexual and Reproductive Health and rights**, Denmark and Ireland are active with specifi programmes bur main donors are United States and also World Banck in dealing with SRR in Schools. In **Economic and Social rights and women's economic empowerment**, several EUMS (Spain, DK, Ireland, Finland, Sweden) are active in this sector, generally as part of broader interventions and mainly linked to the agricultural sector. A critical work is also carried out at the sub-national level through villages and councils/districts. As mentioned, TASAF is one of the main opportunities seen by MS to channel funds for support the poorest and most vulnerable. In supporting **Leadership**. France supports specific events such as the upcoming Generation Equality Forum. Finland supports the Uongozi Institute (African Leadership Institute for Sustainable Development), Tanzania's leading institute of leadership training, directly under the President's Office. Finland and Sweden are also co-financing the UN-Women's flagship project in Tanzania (\"Wanawake Wanaweza – Wape Fursa\" = \"Women Can – Give them an Opportunity\"). On **Legal aid**. Denmark, jointly with the EU, is supporting Legal Facility Services which has proven to be an effective instrument and will be expanded to support more. In **Peace and Security** area, Denmark is supporting the new Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and Ireland is currently chairing the council. Finally, on Green and Digital, several EUMS have upcoming initiatives in this sector where gender is mostly mainstreamed."}, {"bbox": [1041, 1693, 1158, 1717], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 14 of 32"}]