Women’s participation and urban transformation in self-built territories: a workshop in Keko Machungwa, Dar es Salaam

Location: Neighborhood of Keko Machungwa (meeting point at ward's office) | Map

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Karibu - welcome

This public workshop marks the conclusion of a week of activities with the Women’s Federation in Keko Machungwa. the Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI), and the research team involved in an action research project under the umbrella of the Dar es Salaam CityLab (https://www.citylab-dar.ac.tz). The objective of the project titled “Women to Watch” was to understand: what motivates women to participate in the everyday transformation of their neighborhoods, what are the impacts of women-led work on the built environment, and how does participation in neighborhood work affect women’s individual and collective identities and political organization. On Friday the research findings will be shared with a larger audience and a call for action will also be issued by the Federation Women and their research partners.

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"The USF has played a crucial role in creating space for urban research that not only moves beyond academic spheres but also values embodied, decolonial, and insurgent ways of knowing. As a queer geographer working in and through the messy, affective terrains of urban India, this Fellowship didn’t just fund my research — it affirmed it. It gave me the courage and capacity to experiment with form, to centre marginal voices, and to hold space for joy, pain, memory, and resistance in my work. I remain in awe of the nurturing, and genuinely transformative support USF continues to offer its Fellows — during, and far beyond, the fellowship period."

Dr Dhiren Borisa, International Fellowship

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