Gender Festival Organisers

TANZANIA GENDER NETWORKING PROGRAMME (TGNP)

Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) is a non-governmental organisation advocating for social transformation that includes gender equality and equity, equal opportunities, and access to and control over resources by women and other marginalised groups.  The organisation works to build a vibrant and strong civil society that can contribute towards achieving a developed society with high sensitivity to issues of gender, democracy, human rights and social justice.   TGNP has built itself into an effective pressure group that promotes activism for gender transformation and social justice at different levels.

FEMINIST ACTIVISM COALITION (FemAct)

The Feminist Activist Coalition (FemAct) is a coalition of over 25 non-governmental organisations that has been working for social change in Tanzania and beyond since 1996.  The coalition aims to set, strategise, and implement a collective civil society agenda for progressive and gender-focused transformation of economic, social and political policies, processes, and programmes. 

• To share  knowledge , reflect and initiate new analysis/ action on gender , women's empowerment and social transformation  within the context of anti- globalization struggles.
• To celebrate activist  struggles and achievements in advocating and realizing  social transformation at different levels and areas of society.
• To broaden and strengthen the coalition of likeminded individuals and organizations at the local, national and international levels to spearhead influence and advocate for pro-poor gender progressiveness in development.
• To enhance gender transformative skills and conceptual framework building on participants ' own experience and knowledge ; and
• To contribute to public debate on issues relating to specific theme of GF 2005  as well as the broad theme of Gender Democracy and Development.

• Popular Resistance & Struggles
• Transformative skills , capacity Development & Mentoring
• Research , Information & Media for Social Change
• Transformative Culture , Arts & Creative  Expressions
• Feminist Organizing , Networking & Coalition  Building
• Policy Advocacy , Lobbying and Civil Rights

Gender Festival 2005 was composed of a combination of plenaries, sub-plenaries and workshops focusing on the following major areas:

• Day 1: Information Sharing and Learning from Experiences and Building Capacity
  - Opening Ceremony
  - Welcome Address
  -Opening Speech
  -Vote of Thanks
  -Official Launch of  Exhibition & TANU Women Book
  -Sub-plenary discussions
   
• Day 2: Reflection and Analysis for Policy Advocacy and Activism
  - Key Note Address
  -Conceptual plenary & Discussions
  - Workshops featuring paper presentations and facilitated to promote conceptual understanding related to the sub-themes
• Day 3: Sharing Strategies( case studies) for Lobbying and Advocacy
  - Plenary panel presentations & Discussions
  - Workshops focusing on case studies related to the sub-themes, either through presentations or hands-on facilitation
• Day 4: Coalition Building for Collection Action
  - Plenary panel presentations on coalition as a strategy
  - Workshops focused on consolidating strategies, coalition building, and charting out the way forward in the sub-themes
  - Concluding plenary, Closing Ceremony & Tanzania Cultural Night