Pastoral Women’s Council
Partner Details
Partner Since: 09/01/2016
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Established in 1997 by a group of ten Maasai women living in Loliondo division (Ngorongoro District), the Pastoral Women’s Council is a grassroots movement of pastoralist women living northern Tanzania.
Why we love them
PWC’s work is deeply contextualized and led by communities themselves. They are pushing barriers in very traditional settings and gaining support from communities every step of the way.
In the News
- Pastoral Women’s Council was one of four winners of the Global Center of Adaptation’s 2023 Local Adaptation Champion Award in the Women in Leadership category.
- Pastoral Women’s Council founder Maanda Ngoitiko was named one of the Pixel Project’s 16 Female Role Models of 2023.
- Pastoral Women Council was awarded Inclusion Advancers Award and Partner of the Year by TRIAS in 2023.
- Recipient of Segal Family Foundation’s 2019 Grassroots Champion Award.
- Pastoral Women‘s Council was featured in the Giving List Women 2024 book In a Battle for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Livelihoods, Women are Vital Change Agents.
- Pastoral Women’s Council was featured in the El País article At 17, Nai managed to escape her forced marriage on the day of the wedding: the silent revolution of the Tanzania Maasai.
