Management Response

: Tanzania
: 2017 - 2022 , Tanzania (CO)
: Country Portfolio Evaluation 2017-2022
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: Tanzania
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UN Women Tanzania overall welcomes the findings of the Country Portfolio Evaluation Report 2022. The overall objective of the Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE) was meant to be formative for the CO’s and national stakeholders’ strategic learning and decision-making including for the design of the new SN, but also summative to support enhanced accountability for development effectiveness. The Evaluation recognizes that the UN Women CO has positioned itself well in successfully coordinating the UN family, Government, and CSOs around the issue of GEWE and women’s rights. In addition, the Evaluation distinguishes that UN Women has provided a combination of policy support, assistance to CSOs, hands-on support to women in the field, and collection of data on GEWE. UN Women has positioned itself strategically to address women’s leadership and political participation, women’s economic empowerment (WEE), and provide a strategic position in violence against women (VAW). Apart from directly working on GEWE-related issues, underlying causes of gender inequality and poverty are implicitly addressed with the programme implementation. The scope was the entirety of the UN Women's portfolio. The Evaluation found out the relevance of UN Women’s work towards the target groups and their needs was excellent. UN Women is seen as a key partner on GEWE with a high level of credibility. Adequate mapping ensured the most vulnerable groups of women had been reached in all outcome areas. The work with Government in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar was relevant to both the needs of the Government and the women themselves. The recommendations from the evaluation covered six main areas: three cover UN Women’s strategic priorities in advancing GEWE, partnerships, evidence on knowledge management, and a specific one on Women’s Economic Empowerment. The CO will build on the CPE findings and recommendations for the future program cycle, including the new SN 2023-2027, and will ensure the next annual plans and related implementation are aligned to the Covid-19 crisis and post-crisis realities. All recommendations from the CPE were accepted and a related plan for their implementation is reflected in this management response.
: Approved
Recommendation: UN Women can strengthen its portfolio by ensuring it is more integrated and holistic, targets more strategic interventions with the potential to contribute to more transformative outcomes and works with partners more consistently over a longer period. It should also consider increasing its focus on empowering the most marginalized and vulnerable minority groups and mainstreaming this across its portfolio.
Management Response: UN Women agrees with the recommendation. Specific measures have been taken to overcome identified challenges, one being the area-based approach in implementing integrated and holistic interventions that address the root/underlying causes of gender inequality and disempowerment of women and girls, especially at the community and local levels as well as incorporating the principle of Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) in interventions to ensure UN Women is reaching the most marginalized in the community. Such strategies and systems are further elaborated and strengthened in the new SN.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018), Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Leadership and participation in governance systems (SP 2018-2021)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, National ownership, Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Operational activities, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Sustainability, Impact, Human Rights, Gender equality
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Two multiyear programs - "Women's Leadership and Economic Rights" and "Ending Violence Against Women & Girls and Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Public Sector" - were designed to take area-based approaches in implementing integrated and holistic interventions that address the root/underlying causes of gender inequality, especially at the community and local levels, while incorporating the principle of Leaving No One Behind (LNOB). These two programmes synergistically address cross cutting themes on Women’s Leadership and Political participation, Women Economic Empowerment, Gender Statistics and Ending Violence Against women, while addressing the needs of women and girls with disabilities. UN Women Tanzania Country Office 2023/01 Ongoing
In the development of the new SN and its implementation programmes the CO will apply and area-based approach directing involving and benefiting women CBOs, local governments in translating national commitments to local level. This is in addition to synergistically paying close attention to cross cutting themes on LNOB, Negative Social Norms and Practices, Financing for GEWE, Evidence-based Data and Research, and UN Coordination UN Women Tanzania Country Office 2026/12 Ongoing
Strengthen synergies across thematic areas by developing a multi-year program to address GEWE challenges with more comprehensive approaches in advancing women's leadership and economic rights and EVAW at local levels. Erasmina Massawe, Lilian Mwamdanga and Lucy Tesha 2026/12 Ongoing
Develop a UN Women Program on Women’s Economic Empowerment combining both normative works and targeted support to women entrepreneurs, women’s groups, and in particularly marginalized groups, pastoralists, HIV + women, and Women with disabilities Julia Broussard 2025/12 Not Initiated
Ensure that the theory of change assumptions and pathways covers an integrated/holistic design. UN Women Tanzania Country Office 2026/12 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women should develop a long-term strategy for cultivating strategic partnerships, including at the community level.
Management Response: UN Women agrees with the recommendation. The new SN of the CO is designed to drive strategic interventions and partnerships for transformational GEWE work at community and local government. The recommendation is reflected and has been included in the ToC of the new SN. The CO will capacitate CBOs to address social norms and cultural beliefs in a more systematic way, including working with Local Government Authorities on GEWE advancement.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018), Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018), Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Leadership and participation in governance systems (SP 2018-2021)
Operating Principles: Promoting inclusiveness/Leaving no one behind, National ownership, Capacity development
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Normative Support, Partnership, Urban agenda (safe cities and safe public spaces)
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness, Gender equality, Sustainability, Relevance
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Incorporate strategies for nurturing and capacitating CBOs and local-level partners in all of UN Women’s relevant projects, such as the strategy already being used by the WLER project. Julia Broussard 2024/12 Ongoing
UN Women will broaden its partnership base through a mapping of existing organizations in different thematic areas relevant to the implementation of UN Women’s mandate; and through calls for proposals Julia Broussard 2026/01 Ongoing
Undertake a comprehensive capacity assessment of partners working on GE and WE followed by the preparation of a capacity-building plan UN Women Tanzania Country Office 2026/01 Ongoing
Recommendation: UN Women should strengthen its resource mobilization by pursuing sustainable funding modalities, targeting non-traditional donors such as private sector companies, pursuing larger joint programs with other UN agencies, and enhancing the visibility of its contributions to gender equality and women’s empowerment
Management Response: The recommendation for strengthening CO’s resource mobilization efforts is welcomed. The CO recognizes the need to develop a more comprehensive approach toward strengthening partnerships and raise the funding needed to implement the new Strategic Note 2023-2027.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018), Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Leadership and participation in governance systems (SP 2018-2021)
Operating Principles: Resource mobilization
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Organizational efficiency
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Sustainability, Gender equality, Human Rights
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Finalize the development of a comprehensive Resource Mobilization Strategy to guide RM efforts. Julia Broussard 2023/01 Ongoing
Hire a Resource Mobilization Analyst (UNV) to support the implementation of the strategy Julia Broussard & Lilian Riwa 2025/01 Not Initiated
Develop a Knowledge Management Strategy to guide the documentation, packaging, and strategic dissemination of UN Women’s CO contribution to GEWE (good practices/what works, where etc.) Ongagwa Gwambaye 2024/12 Completed KM strategy in place and under implementation
Recommendation: UN Women should consider increasing its work in government-priority development areas, to support mainstreaming gender equality. These areas have been identified by the evaluation as having the potential to contribute to transformative impact.
Management Response: UN Women accepts this recommendation and is working towards strengthening existing programs to correspond to gender policy and national development plans (Zanzibar Development Plan (ZADEP) 2021-2026 and the final Five-Year National Development Plan 2021/22-2025/26) and priorities including Generation Equality Forum commitments, National Action Plan (NAP) on Ending Violence Against Women and Children and supporting the country to accelerate its achievements the SDGs in particular Goal 5.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018), Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018), Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Leadership and participation in governance systems (SP 2018-2021)
Operating Principles: National ownership, Alignment with strategy
Organizational Priorities: Operational activities, Normative Support
UNEG Criteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness, Human Rights, Gender equality, Sustainability, Relevance
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Support finalization of costed Gender Policy in Mainland; Review of Gender Policy Zanzibar and implementation in alignment with national priorities. Usu Mallya 2026/01 Completed
Recommendation: UN Women should work with partners to effectively monitor the results of its normative work on creating sustainable change for women and girls.
Management Response: UN Women accepts this recommendation and is working towards strengthening existing programs in this area.
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Management Response Category: Accepted
Thematic Area: Leadership and political participation (SPs before 2018), Peace and security (SPs before 2018), Women economic empowerment (SPs before 2018), Governance and planning (SPs before 2018), Ending violence against women (SPs before 2018), Global norms and standards (SPs before 2018), Leadership and participation in governance systems (SP 2018-2021)
Operating Principles: Capacity development, Knowledge management
Organizational Priorities: Partnership, Culture of results/RBM
UNEG Criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Relevance, Sustainability, Gender equality, Human Rights
Key Actions
Responsible Deadline Status Comments
Support state and non-state actors to strengthen reporting on GEWE in the upcoming Voluntary National Reporting (VNR) 2023; as well as the finalization and submission of CEDAW report; Support to draft the status report of the gender related SDG indicators and implementation of BPFA and CSW recommendations. Usu Mallya & Racheal Boma 2024/01 Completed
Monitor and ensure gender targets are implemented through the United Republic of Tanzania’s Public Finance Management (PFM) Reform Programme Phase VI Strategic Plan (2022-2027). Maureen Gitonga 2026/12 Ongoing