TAWLA

Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA)

Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) as of 2019 as a result of changes of legal framework where organisations that deal mainly with communities had to comply with The Non-Government Organisation Act, No. 24 of 2002 and its amendments made vide The Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No.3) of 2019. The organisation was formerly registered in 1990 under societies Act Cap 337 R.E 2002 as a guild to promote and advance legal and constitutional rights of women and children and this still stands to date.

The aims and objectives of the organization are; to advocate for gender equality, promotion of human dignity and gender justice through policy, legal and institutional reforms, community action and media engagement.