Improving the Lives of Adolescent Girls in Tabora Project Objectives Within the overall objective of improving adolescent girls' status in society so that they can improve their participation in development activities at household school community and organizational

• Increase the number of girls taking up administrative posts at school, community, organization and district levels.

 • Improve girls' educational status

• Provide vocational skills for girls.

 • Improve reproductive health services for girls.

• Increase girls’ economic independence Project Background Challenges Culturally in Tabora, the socialization process victimizes girls because they are considered to be the weaker sex. Spending valuable resources such as money to pay for their education is considered a waste because they are expected to get married and be supported by their husbands. As a result, girls' educational attainment has remained low, their health, especially reproductive health, has been poor, they lack training in most

• The need for improving girls participation will be addressed to ensure that there will be an increased number of community members who will appreciate the importance of allowing girls to take part in development activities. The community will also provide morale and material support to the girls which will enhance the participation in development activities. As a result, an increased number of girls will take up leadership roles at school, organisational or district level which will facilitate their participation in development activities either at village, community, district or national level.

• In addressing the need to improve the educational attainment of girls, the expected outcomes are that the community will appreciate the importance of educating girls. As a result, all girls will have access to and be retained in primary schools or their equivalent. An increased number of girls will access secondary school education. The quality of education will be improved so that girls will be able to read and write by their fourth year of primary education. The long term expected outcome is that all females in the community will be literate by at least completing their primary education or its equivalent.

 • To improve the health including reproductive health, of adolescent girls. All mothers will take up their role as primary sex counselors for their daughters. The role of traditional sex counselors in society will be revised through an update of the counselors' knowledge of sexuality. As a result, most girls will know their health rights, and have an increased knowledge and practice of healthy behaviors. More hospitals and clinics will provide youth friendly services and the services will be accessed by a majority of the youth. The community will also have its knowledge updated and will practice measures aimed at the prevention of most communicable diseases. The long term expected outcomes are that the community members will attain good health and will promote and maintain it. There will also be a decline in the population growth rate at village, community, and district and nation level by 10 percent within five years.

• To attain vocational skills training. More girls will have access to skills training sessions and the training will provide for individual choices. The long-term objective is that there will be an increased number of girls acquiring knowledge and skills in different vocational skills, especially those that are culturally regarded to be manly.

• Need to improve the socio-economic status of girls. Will ensure that more girls will secure paid employment Fewer girls will depend on commercial sex work as a means of attaining economic independence. Instead, more girls will engage in legitimate business in order to improve their economic status. The long-term expectation will be that there will be gender equality maintained within the community and a majority of the girls will attain economic independence.

Kuboresha maisha ya wasichana katika Tabora Mradi Shabaha Katika lengo la jumla la kuboresha hali vijana wasichana katika jamii ili waweze kuboresha ushiriki wao katika shughuli za maendeleo katika jamii ya kaya shule na shirika ngazi ya mradi unalenga: • Kuongeza idadi ya wasichana na kuchukua nafasi ya kiutawala katika ngazi ya shule, jamii, asasi na wilaya. • Kuboresha wasichana wa elimu kwa sasa • Kutoa ujuzi wa ufundi stadi kwa wasichana. • Kuboresha huduma za afya ya uzazi kwa wasichana. • Kuongeza wasichana kiuchumi uhuru Mradi Background Changamoto Kitamaduni katika Tabora, mchakato socialization victimizes wasichana kwa sababu wao ni kuchukuliwa kuwa ngono dhaifu. Matumizi ya rasilimali muhimu kama vile fedha za kulipia elimu yao ni kuchukuliwa taka kwa sababu wanatarajia kupata mchumba na mkono na waume zao. Profile yao katika jamii imebakia chini na sauti zao si habari. Pamoja na kuwa na haki kama mtoto, vikwazo kuwepo kwamba unaweza kuathiri vibaya kutekeleza haki za wale msingi. Matokeo yake, wasichana kufikia elimu imebakia chini, afya zao, hasa afya ya uzazi, imekuwa maskini, hawana mafunzo ya ufundi stadi na ujuzi zaidi kwa ujumla, ushiriki wao katika shughuli za maendeleo imekuwa ndogo sana. Katika siku za nyuma, utaratibu wa baadhi walikuwa kuweka kujaribu na kuboresha ushiriki wa wasichana, kama vile kwa njia ya elimu ya bure shule za sekondari. Hata hivyo, taratibu vile wamekuwa short aliishi na si kutatua tatizo. Hizi pointi haja kwa ajili ya mradi mapendekezo kwa sasa kuangalia katika mfumo workable zaidi ya kuwasaidia wasichana kubakia katika shule, afya, wenye ujuzi na uwezo wa kiuchumi huko kwa kuboresha nafasi yao katika jamii na kuongeza ushiriki wao katika shughuli za maendeleo . Shughuli na Matokeo • haja ya kuboresha ushiriki wa wasichana yatashughulikiwa ili kuhakikisha kuwa kutakuwa na kuongeza idadi ya wanachama wa jumuiya ambaye kufahamu umuhimu wa kuruhusu wasichana kushiriki katika shughuli za maendeleo. jamii pia kutoa hamasa na vifaa msaada kwa wasichana ambayo kuongeza ushiriki katika shughuli za maendeleo. Matokeo yake, kuongeza idadi ya wasichana itachukua majukumu ya uongozi wa shule, asasi au ngazi ya wilaya ambayo kuwezesha ushiriki wao katika shughuli za maendeleo aidha katika kijiji, jamii, wilaya au ngazi ya taifa. • Katika kushughulikia haja ya kuboresha kufikia elimu ya wasichana, matokeo yanayotarajiwa ni kwamba jamii kufahamu umuhimu wa elimu kwa wasichana. Matokeo yake, wasichana wote nafasi ya kufikia na kuendelea kuwepo katika shule za msingi au sawa yao. kuongeza idadi ya wasichana kupata elimu ya sekondari. ubora wa elimu kuboreshwa ili wasichana watakuwa na uwezo wa kusoma na kuandika kwa mwaka wao wa nne wa elimu ya msingi. muda mrefu na matokeo yanayotarajiwa ni kwamba wote wanawake katika jamii itakuwa kusoma na kuandika kwa angalau ya kumaliza elimu yao ya msingi au sawa yake. • Kuboresha afya ikiwa ni pamoja na afya ya uzazi, ya wasichana. Wote mama itachukua majukumu yao kama washauri msingi ya ngono kwa binti zao. jukumu la washauri wa jadi ngono katika jamii itakuwa upya kupitia update ya elimu washauri wa kujamiiana. Matokeo yake, wasichana wengi kujua haki zao za afya, na kuwa na maarifa na mazoezi ya kuongezeka kwa tabia ya afya. Zaidi hospitali na kliniki kutoa huduma vijana kirafiki na huduma itakuwa kupatikana kwa idadi kubwa ya vijana. jamii pia kuwa na maarifa yake updated na mazoezi ya hatua zenye lengo la kuzuia maambukizi ya maradhi ya kuambukiza. muda mrefu na matokeo yanayotarajiwa ni kwamba wanachama jumuiya kufikia afya nzuri na kukuza na kudumisha yake. Kuna pia kuwa kushuka kwa kiwango cha ukuaji wa idadi ya watu katika kijiji, wilaya ya jamii, na na ngazi ya taifa kwa asilimia 10 ndani ya miaka mitano. • Ili kupata stadi za ufundi. Zaidi wasichana kupata mafunzo ya ujuzi na mafunzo ya kutoa kwa ajili ya uchaguzi wa mtu binafsi . Lengo la muda mrefu ni kuwa kutakuwa na kuongeza idadi ya wasichana kupata elimu na ujuzi katika ujuzi mbalimbali ya ufundi, hasa wale ambao ni utamaduni kuonekana kuwa manly. • Haja ya kuboresha hali ya kijamii na kiuchumi ya wasichana. Kuhakikisha kuwa zaidi wasichana kupata kulipwa ajira chache wasichana itategemea biashara ya ngono kama njia ya kufikia uhuru wa kiuchumi. Badala yake, zaidi wasichana kushiriki katika biashara halali ili kuboresha hali yao ya kiuchumi. matarajio ya muda mrefu kuwa kuwa kutakuwa na usawa wa kijinsia iimarishwe ndani ya jamii na wengi...