FLC: Pastoralist Women Support Program The project intends to raise awareness to women groups on human rights in particular women rights also to facilitate empowerment of women leaders and women champions to increase their active participation in community leadership and decision making forums.
 In addition the project will facilitate strengthening of indigenous people organizations (CSOs) and increase the capacity of human rights defenders in understanding human rights and engaging with government. This project is designed to address various cha
llenges that are being encountered by indigenous people including pastoralist women and youth in participating in community leadership and decision making forums. Currently women in the pastoralist communities experience discrimination unequal opportunity 
and poor participation in community leadership as well as harmful practices such as FGM gender violence inequality and restriction in ownership for natural resources. Direct development results will include; improved women understanding on their rights and
 reduce their vulnerability; Women participation in community leadership and decision making forums improved; indigenous civil societies position in Tanzania will be strengthened and opportunities for youth to enjoy their rights and participate in movement
 for change will increase. Main beneficiaries include; women groups women champions and leaders Traditional leaders Local Government Indigenous civil societies organizations and human rights defenders. Tanzania Pastoralist Community Forum (TPCF) will be im
plementing this project. TPCF is well experienced in community capacity building and awareness raising and has been involved in human rights promotion and monitoring at the community level in particular for the Indigenous. people such as Pastoralist that's
 why they have been selected to implement this particular project which involves pastoralist women and indigenous people.