A JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY WHERE WOMEN, GIRLS AND COMMUNITIES LIVE WITH DIGNITY, EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE.
A Transforming Story
WE WORK TO INTERSECT EXPERIENCE, EVIDENCE AND SYSTEMS.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Focusing on voice, choice, and often-missed experiences across life transitions, including midlife, menopause, ageing, and dismantling silent stigmas.
Women’s Economic Freedom and Financial Literacy
Directly linking economic autonomy and secure asset tracking to active decision-making power over household income and corporate resources.
Climate Justice and Community Resilience
Addressing how environmental shocks, resource displacement, and structural water insecurity disproportionately impact women and girls.
Human Rights and Legal Literacy
Supporting easily accessible, locally translated rights information and building constructive, safe engagement pathways with local institutions.
Girls, Youth and Emerging Leadership
Sharpening leadership capacity, foundational health literacy, and structural advocacy skills to secure active seats in spaces where decisions are made.
Community Knowledge, Storytelling and Evidence
Blending individual lived experiences with harder statistical research, proving that qualitative narratives are vital structural metrics.
PEOPLE BECOME AUTHORS OF THEIR OWN TRANSFORMING STORIES.
01 / LISTEN
Understanding real experiences without predetermining priorities based on culture or systems.
02 / EMPOWER
Strengthening agency through data, confidence, and safe spaces.
03 / CONNECT
Linking community voices with mentors, civil society, and local authorities.
04 / INFLUENCE
Bringing stories into spaces where policies, planning, and financing are decided.
05 / TRANSFORM
Achieving systemic shifts where dignity, equality, and opportunity are reflected in everyday life.
CELEBRATED AGEING // FURAHA UZEENI
Breaking the silence around menopause. Advancing dignity, rights and inclusion in SRHR.
Implemented by Her Story Tanzania with support from AmplifyChange.
SOME TRANSITIONS ARE UNIVERSAL. THE SUPPORT AROUND THEM IS NOT.
Menopause is a natural life stage often met with limited information, minimal recognition in reproductive health conversations, and silent endurance. Her Story Tanzania stands in this space to bring knowledge, dignity, and visibility back to this vital phase of life.
“For a long time I thought what I was experiencing was something to keep quiet. When we started talking, I realized that other women also need information and a safe space to ask questions without shame.”
STORIES ARE EVIDENCE
Storytelling is not decoration; it is an ethical qualitative tool to reveal deep behavioral patterns statistics completely miss. It actively informs dialogue and drives accountable responses.
Rooted in Mwanza. Working across Tanzania Mainland.
COMMUNITY. EVIDENCE. DIALOGUE. SYSTEM. CHANGE.
Intervening where inequalities are normalized, starting close to communities and moving outward from lived experience to shared evidence and accountable systems.
Our Values
Each value explains how Her Story works, not just name an aspiration.
Diversity
Seeking different perspectives to disrupt assumptions and shape design responses that reflect real community experiences.
Inclusivity
Moving beyond 'inviting people into a room' to ensuring those excluded due to age, disability, or poverty have meaningful influence over what happens next.
Compassion
Treating people and partners with empathy, kindness, and respect, remembering that development is about protecting dignity, not just hitting metrics.
Resilience
Not expecting people to tolerate injustice, but recognizing their strengths and remaining committed to long-term systemic change.
Integrity
Treating stories ethically (not as commodities) through strict consent, transparency, and responsible resource stewardship.
Collaboration
Connecting Lived experiences with accountable systems alongside mentors, young people, civil society, and local authorities.
DIGNITY. ACCOUNTABILITY. SAFEGUARDING. RESPECT.
“These are not programme activities. They are how we work.”
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Ready to shape a transforming story?
Connect with Her Story Tanzania to support community-led evidence, ethical storytelling, and local advocacy frameworks.