Girls leading change in Tanzania
Every girl deserves the space to thrive.
We empower adolescent girls and young women to shape healthy, educated and economically secure futures.
Since 2015Who we are
Local roots. National ambition.
PGWOCADE is a female-led organization founded in 2015 and registered on 16 April 2018 under Tanzania's NGO Act, 2002. We work to create an equal world that advances the rights of girls and women.
Read more about usAGYW reached through SRHR work
Reached through education work
Stakeholders reached
Rukwa districts reached in 2023
Why we exist
Every girl should have the power to shape her own future.
Girls and young women face connected barriers—exclusion from education, violence, limited access to health information and services, and too few economic opportunities.
PGWOCADE exists to change that. We work with girls, families, schools, health providers and community leaders so that rights, safety and opportunity are not left to chance, but become part of every girl’s life.
See how change happensRights
Girls know their rights, have a voice and can make informed decisions.
Safety
Families, schools and communities prevent violence and protect girls’ wellbeing.
Opportunity
Education, skills and economic pathways enable girls to thrive.
Our programs
Connected responses to girls’ priorities.
Programs that connect health, education, protection and economic opportunity.
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Girls' Education & Protection
We work to improve systems and social norms so girls can learn safely and pursue their dreams, free from gender-based violence and child marriage.
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Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
We work to support adolescents’ girls and young women exert their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), Including their rights to make informed decisions about their bodies and have access to friendly sexual and reproductive health services such as access to correct inform, HIV&AIDS, family planning, maternal health. Through strengthening national health systems, improving social norms and advocating for policies supportive of services and rights delivery.
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Community Health & Nutrition
We provide training, leadership development and technical assistance to community and health-centre teams.
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Career & Economic Development
We advance the economic empowerment of women and girls through capacity building, skills development and stronger voice.
Learn moreWhat drives us
Vision, mission & values.
The principles that guide everything we do.
Our vision
A society integrating girls and women in the national development agenda.
Our mission
To empower and promote girls and women in realization of their goals through capacity building, development support, access to education, health and nutrition.
Integrity
We act transparently and responsibly.
Accountability
We learn, acknowledge and improve.
Equality
Every person deserves equal treatment.
Confidentiality
We protect information entrusted to us.
Inclusion
We amplify the voices of girls and women.
Impact · 2023
Change you can see. Evidence you can trace.
Verified in the 2023 Annual Report. Figures represent the reporting year, not all-time totals.
AGYW reached through SRHR work
2023 Annual Report, pp. 5–6Reached through education work
2023 Annual Report, p. 13Stakeholders reached
2023 Annual Report, p. 6Rukwa districts reached in 2023
2023 Annual Report, p. 2Projects
View all Grounded work. Lasting possibility.
Menstrual health• Sumbawanga DC & Kalambo DC, Rukwa
Inawezekana Project
A two-phase menstrual-health initiative that distributed reusable sanitary pads in 12 secondary schools and reached 2,000 girls and 100 stakeholders.
Protection from violence• Sumbawanga DC, Rukwa
Pamoja Project
School and community action to prevent sexual and gender-based violence among girls aged 15–17, reaching 1,550 adolescent girls and young women.
HIV & reproductive health• Momba DC & Songwe Council, Songwe
AGYW Lead 2 Project
Improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes for women and young girls aged 15–28 living with HIV in Momba DC and Songwe Council.
News
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AGYW engage in community dialogue on family planning and HIV
Young women take an active role in informed, community-level conversations about health and rights.
Read newsOur donors and partners
We build change together.
We collaborate with organizations that share our commitment to healthier, more equitable communities.
