[{"bbox": [88, 88, 350, 114], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2. Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [82, 127, 1120, 394], "category": "Text", "text": "The National Development Vision 2025 states that Tanzania should attain gender equality and empower women in all socio-economic areas by the year 2025. Specific policies on gender equality have also been developed both in Mainland and Zanzibar as well as Action Plans to end gender-based violence. Recently, Tanzania's new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, pledged to appoint more women in leadership positions, a move aimed at achieving the 50-50 gender parity in the Government, and indicated clearly that gender equality is a priority for her. However, Tanzania remains a largely patriarchal country and some of the root causes for gender inequalities include historical and structural power imbalances between women and men. In addition to gaps in the formal legal system, the application of customary law is dominant in relation to e.g. ownership of property, inheritance and custody of children. Tanzanian girls and women continue to be discriminated in their access to health, education, employment, finance and political participation and representation."}, {"bbox": [82, 398, 1120, 532], "category": "Text", "text": "The present action is expected to trigger transformative change in favour of women, including youth/children and those with disabilities. It has gender as a main objective (OECD G2 marker), thus supporting Tanzania's efforts to meet SDG 5 on gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls by 2030, and aims to address all six priorities¹ of the European Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III)², as they coincide with the priorities set out in national policies, and to contribute to all MIP Priority Areas objectives."}, {"bbox": [82, 537, 1120, 645], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will address several of the underlying factors preventing women and girls from exercising their full rights and contributing fully to the economic growth of Tanzania. It intends to support the country to accelerate progress towards behavioural change for gender equality and women and girls' empowerment and will focus on the following specific objectives:"}, {"bbox": [84, 645, 1120, 697], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. to make environment and services more equitable for women and girls in all their diversity to live free from violence (GAP III priorities: Gender-based violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights)"}, {"bbox": [84, 698, 1120, 751], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. to promote women's economic empowerment, including to grasp green and digital opportunities (GAP III priority: Economic Empowerment, Green and Digital)."}, {"bbox": [84, 751, 1120, 804], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. to enhance equality in participation, leadership and decision making, including in actions related to justice, peace and security (GAP III priorities: Participation & Leadership, Peace & Security)."}, {"bbox": [82, 809, 1120, 1075], "category": "Text", "text": "The focus on girls' education in the programme contributes to all above objectives. Building a safer and more equitable environment in schools for girls will lower the potential sexual abuse, child marriages and early pregnancies. Higher level of education enhances opportunities to successfully enter the labour market, contributing to women's economic empowerment, and empowers girls in terms of leadership and participation in public life. Policy dialogue will target key priorities and reforms such as gender-based violence, gender equality in education or women participation and leadership, making sure that cross cutting issues are properly considered and mainstreamed. A mix of modalities will be used, mainly budget support and contribution agreements, and synergies with guarantee operations will contribute e.g. to women's economic empowerment. Complementarities will be sought with the Team Europe Initiatives and with ongoing actions from EU Member-States already contributing to GAP III priorities."}, {"bbox": [72, 1103, 302, 1135], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2. RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [72, 1163, 186, 1188], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [82, 1204, 1120, 1364], "category": "Text", "text": "Tanzania's broad development goals are set out in the Tanzania Development Vision 2025, characterised by high-quality livelihoods, peace, stability, and unity good governance, a well-educated and learning society and a competitive economy capable of sustainable growth and shared benefits. Increased gross national income per capita over the last years has been impressive and materialised in Tanzania achieving lower-middle income status in 2020. Yet, investing in both human development and physical capital is key to eventually achieve these broad goals and improve the quality of life for all Tanzanians, in particular Tanzania's Gender agenda."}, {"bbox": [82, 1369, 1120, 1503], "category": "Text", "text": "The legislative and regulatory framework governing Tanzania's promotion of gender equality is based on the 1977 Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania which guarantees equality between men and women and supports their full participation in social, economic and political spheres. The commitment to gender equality is also visible through other national strategies, plans and policies, such as the National Five-Year Development Plans, the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty and the Women and Gender Development Policy of 2000,"}, {"bbox": [72, 1563, 1130, 1613], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ i) Gender-based violence, ii) Sexual and reproductive health and rights iii) Economic and social rights, iv) Participation and leadership, v) Women for peace & security, and vi) Green recovery & digital transformation."}, {"bbox": [72, 1612, 721, 1640], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52020JC0017"}, {"bbox": [1044, 1641, 1130, 1665], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4/34"}]