Safeguarding Rangelands: Collaborative Efforts of Maasai Women in Kiteto District, Tanzania to Preserve Community Grazing Lands

Women play a pivotal role as changemakers within societies, and their influence extends far beyond conventional expectations. In an inspiring display of resilience and determination, six hundred and forty-five Maasai women gathered in in the NAPALAI grazing land cluster of Kiteto district, Tanzania,...

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Autores principales: Olesikilal, Birikaa, Spinelli, Madison
Formato: Blog Post
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139785
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Sumario:Women play a pivotal role as changemakers within societies, and their influence extends far beyond conventional expectations. In an inspiring display of resilience and determination, six hundred and forty-five Maasai women gathered in in the NAPALAI grazing land cluster of Kiteto district, Tanzania, from 27 November to 4 December 2023. Their collective mission: to peacefully protest the encroachment by farmers on community-owned grazing land, despite being demarcated and gazetted by the Tanzanian government.