http://41.59.91.195:9090/handle/123456789/108 2026-05-08T13:28:52Z http://41.59.91.195:9090/handle/123456789/277 Assessing the Impact of Primary Pedagogical Education on Pupils’ Home-Based Practical Skills in Kigamboni District, Tanzania Maunde, R.M; Nyange, Tatu M. Acquiring practical skills through primary education is crucial for fostering personal development, self-reliance, and socio-economic progress. Despite policy efforts in Tanzania to reform curricula and integrate vocational and practical competencies, the implementation of such skills remains limited in effectiveness. This study examines the extent to which pupils in Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam, apply school-acquired practical skills in their home environments. The study is grounded in the Humanist Learning Theory, which emphasises experiential learning and learner-centred development. This qualitative research employed content analysis of interviews conducted with 20 households selected from public schools in Kibada Ward. Findings revealed a significant disconnect between theoretical knowledge imparted in school and its practical application at home. Pupils demonstrated limited engagement in key areas such as hygiene, cookery, environmental care, and clay modeling, largely due to insufficient instructional resources, exam- oriented teaching, rigid gender roles, and inadequate parental support. While some pupils showed initiative in practising skills like embroidery through parental modeling, overall participation in household tasks remained inconsistent. Influenced by socio- economic factors and family dynamics, the home learning environment emerged as a critical factor in shaping pupils’ ability to transfer learned competencies to real-life scenarios. The study underscores the need for a more inclusive and hands-on approach to practical skill instruction that aligns with curricular goals and pupils’ lived experiences. By embracing humanistic principles, Tanzanian primary education can better prepare learners to meet the practical demands of their families and communities. Article 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://41.59.91.195:9090/handle/123456789/276 Improved Chicken Interventions and Women Empowerment in Bariadi and Muheza Districts, Tanzania Maunde, Regina M.; Maunde, R.M Women empowerment has recently become a global policy objective, thus attracting much attention. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognize women empowerment as one of the 2030 agenda. In the same vein, development partners across the world, including governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and International Development Organizations (INGOs), are increasingly concerned with women empowerment. Development policy makers and practitioners have realized the importance of empowering women as a way to enhance agricultural production and alleviate rural poverty. As such, more and more development projects are incorporating this issue and integrating activities designed to empower women into their structures and the implementation processes. However, evidence on whether specific development projects really empower women is limited. Various studies have revealed that projects that target women succeed to increase their access to income, but do not necessarily raise their empowerment levels. Therefore, this study evaluated the role of improved chicken intervention in empowering women socio-economically in Bariadi and Muheza districts, Tanzania. The study specifically: (i) analysed the determinants of women empowerment in relation to improved chicken intervention, (ii) determined the contribution of the African Chicken Genetic Gain (ACGG) project to women empowerment, and (iii) assessed the role of Community Innovation Platforms (CIPs) in promoting women empowerment. The study adopted a cross- sectional research design and involved 240 women as its respondents. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. The qualitative data were collected through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) while the quantitative data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Content analysis procedures were used to analyse the qualitative data. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistical analysis, index scales, Composite Empowerment Index (CEI) and ordinal logistic regression. The findings indicated that the majority of women in the two districts had achieved only a medium level of empowerment. The ACGG beneficiaries were more empowered (CEI = 0.714) than non-beneficiaries (CEI = 0.529). Results from ordinal logistic regression showed that age, the form of marriage, religion and involvement in the ACGG project significantly influenced women empowerment (p < 0.05). According to the findings, the ACGG project gave women access to income and an opportunity to challenge the cultural norms and practices that influence power relations. Keeping of improved chicken breeds was found to be a new innovation in the study area. Meanwhile, Community Innovation Platforms (CIPs) provided opportunities for collaboration not only to the stakeholders along the chicken For Personal Use 6 value chain, but also to the potential stakeholders responsible for gender integration and community development at large. The study recommends that the Local Government Authority (LGA), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and private sectors through their development projects should implement similar projects and extend them to other areas. Also, they should design educational programmes intended to get rid of harmful cultural norms and religious beliefs which impede women empowerment. Moreover, development partners should employ the Innovation Platforms (IPs) approach in their implementation of intervention projects, particularly those aimed at empowering women. E-book 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://41.59.91.195:9090/handle/123456789/257 Building Holistic Security: Addressing Security Risks of Women Peacebuilders Through Partnerships’ Ozgunes, Neslihan; Nyange, Tatu; Dalak, Eva Women peacebuilders inevitably face risks and insecurity in their daily work. International partners have an important role to play in supporting their safety and protection. Understanding women peacebuilders’ roles and the types of risks they face is the first step in ensuring an adequate response. The diversity of roles that women peacebuilders play, as well as the multiple factors that impact the types of risks they might face, need to be taken into account by international partners from the very beginning of a partnership. This report identifies how international partners can better partner with women peacebuilders to address the risks and insecurity they face in the different facets of their work. The report analyzes the risks that many women peacebuilders experience and provides guidelines for international partners to help prevent and mitigate these risks. Through case studies, the report identifies challenges and opportunities drawn directly from the lived realities of women peacebuilders and their partners, as well as from experts working in the Women, Peace and Security field. The report addresses how international partners who wish to work with women peacebuilders and support them in addressing the risks and insecurity they face need to recognize the scope and nature of peacebuilding work, which is often cross-cutting, overlapping with humanitarian response and development work. Understanding the nuances and breadth of women peacebuilders’ work is crucial to identifying the risks they face and providing them with effective legal, political and financial protection — and is thereby essential to creating partnerships that mitigate and address these risks Analyzing the security risks women peacebuilders experience and current strategies for preventing and mitigating these risks generated the following key findings: BOOK 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z