Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF), in collaboration with UNFPA with funding support from the Government of Finland, is implementing the Chaguo Langu Haki Yangu (CLHY) program in Kahama and Kishapu District, Shinyanga Region and Butiama and Tarime Districts, Mara Region.

The CLHY supports the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania in its commitment to develop and implement the National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children (NPA-VAWC) in mainland Tanzania (2024/25 – 2028/29) and in Zanzibar (2017 – 2022) and its successor plan. The ‘Chaguo Langu Haki Yangu – My Rights My Choices: Protecting the Rights and Choices of Women and Girls, particularly Women and Girls with Disabilities in Tanzania’ Programme (hereinafter the Programme) is a three and-a-half-year programme (2021-2025) funded by the Government of Finland and implemented by UNFPA, the United Nations Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency.

The programme aims to ensure the rights and choices of women and girls, particularly women and girls with disabilities, are protected and enhanced through a multi-sectoral, multi-level and holistic approach that tackles gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices, including early, forced and child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). The programme is implemented in Mainland and Zanzibar in four regions and six districts, including Mara (Butiama and Tarime districts), Shinyanga (Kishapu and Kahama districts), Urban/West Unguja (Urban district) and South Pemba (Chake Chake district).

The programme is implemented with national, regional and district-level government authorities, civil society organizations, faith-based organizations, and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs). Key partners include the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Elders and Children (MCDGEC, Zanzibar), Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups (MCDGWSG, Mainland), Ministry of Health (Mainland and Zanzibar), First Vice President Office (Zanzibar), Prime Minister’s Office-Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disability (PMO-LEYD, Mainland), C-Sema, the Association for the Termination of Female Genital Mutilation (ATFGM), Help Age Tanzania (HAT), Tanzania Interfaith Partnership (TIP), WiLDAF, Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), Zanzibar Federation of Disabled People Organisations (SHIJUWAZA, Zanzibar) and Tanzania Federation of Disabled People’s Organisations (SHIVYAWATA, Mainland).

Programme Goal: Accelerated progress towards fulfilment of the rights and status of women and girls, particularly women and girls with disabilities, in the United Republic of Tanzania.

The CLHY programme targets two types of beneficiaries including:
Direct beneficiaries of the programme are adolescent girls and young women, including those with disabilities, living in the target districts, vulnerable to or survivors of gender-based violence, child marriage and female genital mutilation, who will be empowered to stand up for their rights and live a life free from fear of violence and harmful practices.
Indirect beneficiaries are the affected families, targeted communities, and government institutions whose capacities will be strengthened to uphold the rights of women and girls, including persons with disabilities, and to prevent and respond to GBV, child marriage and FGM.

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