{"id":347,"date":"2013-05-20T22:04:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T20:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/?p=347"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T09:12:57","slug":"maanda-ngoitiko-tanzanie-laureate-ex-aequo-du-prix-paul-k-feyerabend-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/en\/2013\/05\/20\/maanda-ngoitiko-tanzanie-laureate-ex-aequo-du-prix-paul-k-feyerabend-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Maanda Ngoitiko: a land and gender activist among the Maasai of Loliondo (Tanzania)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maanda Ngoitiko is an indigenous Maasai woman from Soit Sambu village in Loliondo Division, Ngorongoro District, northern Tanzania. She got her start in community development and advocacy working for one of the first pastoralist NGOs in Tanzania, the Korongoro Integrated Peoples Oriented to Conservation (KIPOC), working as the coordinator for women and children programmes from 1990 to 1994. From 1996 to 1998, she received formal training in Tanzania and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Maanda-reduced.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Maanda-reduced-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Maanda\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Maanda-reduced-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Maanda-reduced-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Maanda-reduced.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1997 Maanda founded <a href=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/pastoral_women_council.pdf\">the Pastoral Women\u2019s Council (PWC)<\/a>, dedicated to working for the solidarity, development, and empowerment of Maasai women in the Loliondo area.\u00a0 PWC began its village-level operations in 2001 and has become one of the leading gender-based NGOs in northern Tanzania, with a membership of over 800 women.\u00a0 PWC has established micro-credit and revolving livestock loan programmes that enable Maasai women to own their own property and economic assets, has provided training and financial support for the education of dozens of Maasai girls from Loliondo, and is a leading voice for women\u2019s participation in local governance decisions. In 1998 Maanda was a co-founder of another community-based NGO, the Ujamaa-Community Resource Trust (UCRT).\u00a0 UCRT carries out initiatives with pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities in six districts across northern Tanzania and has helped many to improve their livelihoods and better manage their natural resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0223.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0223-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Maanda\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0223-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0223-1024x766.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A short video that celebrates 20 years of Pastoral Women&#8217;s Council (PWC) work and achievements promoting access to quality education for pastoralist children, amplifying the voices and collective development actions of pastoralist women and enhancing their economic empowerment and livelihoods :<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWC 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FILM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nD-RNhMHrDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade Maanda has established herself as a uniquely accomplished activist in a context where the local Maasai community faces constant external challenges to land and resource rights, and where women are doubly marginalized \u2013 from both outside and from within their own community.\u00a0 In such a context, Maanda has promoted the previously unthinkable local goal of gender equality and greatly increased the pride, solidarity, and economic well-being of women in Loliondo.\u00a0 In parallel, she has helped all Maasai communities in the region to better advocate for their rights to land and the natural resources indispensable to their livelihood.\u00a0 Her work is a model for whoever wishes to facilitate local empowerment and community-driven conservation and development\u2014 within Tanzania and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0479.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0479-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Maanda\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0479-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0479-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkfeyerabend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCN0479.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maanda Ngoitiko is an indigenous Maasai woman from Soit Sambu village in Loliondo Division, Ngorongoro District, northern Tanzania. 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