Today we left the hotel again to go to the Mabibo neighborhood to visit the offices of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme. This group, that has now spawned a Gender Training Institute, has been at the forefront of the women's movement in Tanzania for more than a decade. They have 25 employees and sponsor a biannual Women's Festival, publish many documents, including a voter's manifesto, have a library and internet cafe, do advocacy on a number of issues, work with government agencies etc. We were informed of all of the activities of the TGNP by the Executive Director; afterwards we joined in progress a regular Wednesday afternoon session outside. This one was about schoolgirl pregnancy. It was well attended and members of the audience had lots to contribute to the discussion.
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