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According to the Tanzania 2015-2016 Demographic and Health Survey, roughly a third of all children in the country under age five suffer from stunting and 14 percent are underweight. Key factors driving undernutrition are the lack of diverse and quality diets at the household level, inadequate access to health services (including water, sanitation, and hygiene), and poor caring and feeding practices. Maternal anemia is another significant problem in Tanzania, with 57 percent of pregnant women and 46 percent of breastfeeding mothers affected.
The Data-Driven Advocacy activity seeks to improve and sustain the ability of Tanzanian civil society organizations (CSOs) to influence policy on rights issues through the strategic use of better data and information. Data-Driven Advocacy will engage in a wide variety of sectoral issues, including land rights, gender-based violence, education rights, marginalized populations, and women and youth.
The activity promotes gender equality, political participation, and the empowerment of women to take on more significant leadership roles. USAID aims to ensure that women lead and participate in political and electoral processes—as voters, candidates, and elected representatives.
The Tushiriki Pamoja (“Participate Together”) activity seeks to strengthen and support civil society, in particular women, youth, and people with disabilities, to engage in and promote accountable and inclusive political processes.
The USAID Boresha Habari (“Better News”) activity supports an open, inclusive environment in which media and civil society provide accurate and impartial information that promotes participation, inclusion, and accountability. A core focus of this activity is to engage and empower women and youth. The goal is to elevate their voices, influence, and issues in the public sphere as both producers and consumers of information.
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