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AGSC   Annual Gender Studies Conference.   This forum has been used to discuss with members of the East and Southern African Activists network popular issues such as Political Empowerment, Land Issues, Budgets and Coalition Building and Networking.

ALA    Activism Lobbying and Advocacy

BAWATA    Baraza la Wanawake Tanzania

CBO    Community-Based Organisation

CEDAW     Convention on the Elimination of  All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

CRC    Convention of the Rights of the Child.

EA    East Africa

FAWE     Forum for African Women Education

FemAct   Feminist Activism. A coalition of Tanzanian NGOs formed in 1995 before the UN Conference on Women in Beijing

FEMSA     Female Education in Science and Mathematics in Africa

FGM     Female Genital Mutilation

GAD     Gender and Development.  More on the GAD concept

GBI     Gender Budget Initiative.  An programme initiated by TGNP address the inequalities of resource allocation and actively lobbies decision makers and parliamentarians to address these inequalities.

GDSS      Gender and Development Seminar Series.   A two hour seminar held every Wednesday in the Gender Resource Centre in Mabibo, Dar es Salaam.  These sessions are open to the public and the topics are gender or development orientated.

GRC     Gender Resource Centre

GTT     Gender Training Team

GLTF     Gender Land Task Force

GSES      Girls’ Secondary Education Support

HAKIARDHI     Land Rights Organization

HRD     Human Resource Development

ILO     International Labour Organization

IFAD     International Foundation for Agricultural Development

IGD        Information Generation and Dissemination. Programme within TGNP.

IGN        Intermediary Gender Network

KATAA     Kamati ya Taifa ya Ardhi (Land Forum)

LHRC     Legal and Human Rights Centre

MCDWAC     Ministry of Community Development, Women Affairs and Children

MP        Member of Parliament

MWENGO     Mwelekeo wa NGO.  Reflection Centre for NGO, Zimbabwe

NALAF     National Land Forum

NGO     Non-Governmental Organisation.  The current NGO Policy issue centres on creating an enabling environment for NGO to play equal roles in the development of the society especially when the government is withdrawing from the social delivery processes. 

NOCHU     National Organization for Children and Human Relief

PER      Public Expenditure Review

PSM     Programme Support and Management.  Programme within TGNP.

SADC     Southern African Development Community

SARDC     Southern Africa Research and Documentation Centre-Harare

SWOT          Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat

TCBO     Training Capacity Building and Outreach

TCT    Training Consultative Team

TAHEA     Tanzania Home Economics Association

TAMWA     Tanzania Media Women Association

TAS     Tanzania Assistance Strategy

TAWLA     Tanzania Women Lawyers Association

TGNP     Tanzania Gender Networking Programme

TOT     Training of Trainers

WAMATA     Walio Katika Mapambano na Ukimwi Tanzania

WID     Women in Development. 

WiLDAF     Women in Laws and development in Africa

WLAC Women's Legal Aid

WHO     World Health Organistion

WRDP     Women Research and Documentation Project