Hello from Dar es Salaam! I am the first of the delegation to arrive in Tanzania. I am staying with a university student who has some great insights about women's education.
This week I will be visiting with Dr. Mukangara from the Gender Unit at the University of Dar es Salaam, the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, and the Dar es Salaam branch of FAWE. My goal is to get more information about the barriers young women must face to get into university, specifically those on Zanzibar. I hope that these meetings will give us contacts for our scholars to turn to if they need help.
Ultimately, we would like to understand how we can best support our scholars in secondary school to ensure they are getting the best education and opportunity to attend university.
I look forward to the arrival of the two other delegates on Friday! We will take the ferry to Zanzibar on Saturday.
Stay tuned!
~Anneliese Gegenheimer
Approximately one quarter of girls in the developing world are not in school.