FLC: Promoting Gender Equality for rural and Urban women market traders in Tanzania for sustainable socio economic development Equality for growth aims at empowering the informal sector in Tanzania particularly informal sector women to increase incomes and reduce household poverty through ensuring their access to legal and human rights education business related opportunities acti
ve engagement in policy and practice reform and capacity building. Therefore the main objectives of this project is:  to mobilise and build strong movement of women traders in rural and urban markets towards gender equality and transformation of local gove
rnment institutional frameworks in addressing gender barriers on market places;  to incease awareness and understanding of women traders on their basic rights and duties in order to influence policies for good governance and demand for their basic economic
 rights for socio economic development;  to support women market traders to run and manage sustainable businesses promotion of value chain programs saving and credit schemes and innovation models projects that address women's informal sector needs;  docume
nt share and replicate lessons and best practise for informal sector development in Tanzania.Main activities to be carried out in year 1 are conduct a comprehensive baseline survey to set performance indicators; conduct needs assessment for women martket t
raders in ) regions recruit and train regional market trade monitors; develop concept for women only model market for advocacy and capacity building purposes; conduct value chain mapping for market trading in vegetable selling and tailoring sectors; prepar
e business educative materials train women to set savings and credit schemes and conduct environmental impact assessment in market areas.The expected final results of the project include: increased awareness issues related to market trading and especially 
women among key stakeholders and the public; women traders are organized and able to participate in decision making on market municipal and national levels; increased awareness of gender and socio-economic rights among market traders leaders and municipal 
officials; improved knowledge business skills and business opportunity for women traders; increased access to savings and loans for women traders; improved access to resources and inputs necessary to run sustainable businesses; legal policy and institution
al frameworks and barriers are documented as evidence to support campaigns and advocacy programmes Equality for growth aims at empowering the informal sector in Tanzania particularly informal sector women to increase incomes and reduce household poverty through ensuring their access to legal and human rights education business related opportunities acti
ve engagement in policy and practice reform and capacity building. Therefore the main objectives of this project is:  to mobilise and build strong movement of women traders in rural and urban markets towards gender equality and transformation of local gove
rnment institutional frameworks in addressing gender barriers on market places;  to incease awareness and understanding of women traders on their basic rights and duties in order to influence policies for good governance and demand for their basic economic
 rights for socio economic development;  to support women market traders to run and manage sustainable businesses promotion of value chain programs saving and credit schemes and innovation models projects that address women's informal sector needs;  docume
nt share and replicate lessons and best practise for informal sector development in Tanzania.Main activities to be carried out in year 1 are conduct a comprehensive baseline survey to set performance indicators; conduct needs assessment for women martket t
raders in ) regions recruit and train regional market trade monitors; develop concept for women only model market for advocacy and capacity building purposes; conduct value chain mapping for market trading in vegetable selling and tailoring sectors; prepar
e business educative materials train women to set savings and credit schemes and conduct environmental impact assessment in market areas.The expected final results of the project include: increased awareness issues related to market trading and especially 
women among key stakeholders and the public; women traders are organized and able to participate in decision making on market municipal and national levels; increased awareness of gender and socio-economic rights among market traders leaders and municipal 
officials; improved knowledge business skills and business opportunity for women traders; increased access to savings and loans for women traders; improved access to resources and inputs necessary to run sustainable businesses; legal policy and institution
al frameworks and barriers are documented as evidence to support campaigns and advocacy programmes.