Gender issues in the Tandem project with the folk development colleges (FDCs) in Tanzania 1991 to 1996: an evaluation
Riwa, Colman C.M / 1999

The Tandem project was a Swedish international Development Agency (SIDA) which funded a comprehensive development programme for the FDC sector of the Ministry of Community Development Women Affairs and Children (MCD WA C) which had four components. A teacher training programme, a training of trainers programme, a management programme and a skills training programme. These components cannot exclude gender. The paper starts by presenting gender context in Tanzania in terms of employment, decision making and education. The gender strategies of the FDCs are juxtaposed against the country's gender context and it is observed that SIDA and MCD WAC ought to have learnt from the country' context in order to incorporate gender issues adequately into the Tandem project.