THE government
through the Ministry of Industries and Trade will continually support
efforts and contributions of Mennonite Economic Development Associates
(MEDA), to attain the...national vision in poverty alleviation.
The assurance was
given in Dar es Salaam yesterday by Principal Trade Officer in the
ministry, Wilfred Kahwa while presiding over the opening of a two-day
forum organised with support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC).
He said the fight
against poverty requires consultations, networking and teamwork and
Tanzania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Canada in 2017
to achieve the dreams in the SDGs especially in poverty alleviation.
Facilitating the
meeting, MEDA Manager, Lilia Tverdun said that their research in several
developing countries, including Tanzania, shows that women
entrepreneurs can drive economic growth.
If they are enabled
to realise their rights, potentials and created room to work in
partnership with business, government and civil societies to improve in
their opportunities and outcomes in global value chains.
"We decided to
promote the dialogue forum on women's entrepreneurship to facilitate
their partnership among stakeholders so that they become able to tap
some not fully exploited business opportunities in the country.
"Recently, I was in
Lindi in some of our construction projects to empower women and I was
impressed when a woman approached me asking us to support them to own a
rock crusher that she can drive just like a man for their business to
grow," she pointed out.
Ms Tverdun said she
believes that women empowerment is not just giving them access to jobs
but it's their right as well as other society members to contribute in
socio-economic development of the country.
"People succeed in
economy and life not necessarily because they are men or women but they
succeed when they learn, have skills and have passion.
And Tanzania is looking into providing more opportunities in this field," she added.
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