African Women in Conservation

Giving Girls a Chance to Thrive

We're working to provide rural girls in Tanzania with access to a nurturing environment where they can study and learn important life skills. By adding Girls Clubs to our existing youth environmental education program, we will provide increased support for girls to engage in our scholarship program. A 2022 baseline survey of girls, teachers, and community members about their challenges will inform curriculum development and implementation in 2023-2024.

Mentoring Young Women Professionals

Our Women in Conservation mentorship program supports Tanzanian women in their conservation careers by providing opportunities to work with our high-impact programs. Mentees gain critical field experience, receive an introduction to project management, and continue to develop both their technical and soft skills that will serve them in any future endeavor. African People & Wildlife continues to provide mentorship as they pursue their careers.

Addressing Systemic Barriers to Leadership

In addition to increasing the number of women in leadership roles within our organization, we support efforts to identify and tackle obstacles that keep women from participating in natural resource management. At the invitation of the Tanzanian government, we commissioned a first-of-its-kind study on barriers to women in leadership positions that shows the need for more women in decision-making positions and increased attention to gender equity in the workplace.

• explore key findings

Promoting Women's Conservation Enterprise

Women-led conservation enterprises contribute to gender equity outcomes and to a global transformation toward more sustainable economies. Our Women's Beekeeping Initiative currently supports 104 women’s groups and over 1,900 rural women in developing nature-friendly businesses through microgrants, beekeeping training, entrepreneurship training and mentoring, and market assessments.

• Launch the Story Map