MKUZA WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (MWDC)
BACKGROUND
ECD is ELCT’s oldest unit originating from German
missionaries arriving in 1887. It operates in the Dar Es
Salaam and Coastal Regions and in Zanzibar. The gender
composition of the ECD membership is tilted towards a
substantial majority of women, as is commonplace in many
Protestant churches. However the male have an apparent
advantage over the female in relation to education,
social status, and income, although the women carry their
full share of the work burden in the society.
OBJECTIVE For the above reasons ECD wishes to enhance the efforts to create a greater gender equality by instituting programmes promoting women skills and thus enabling and encouraging them to undertake economic activities and practical measures for the well-being of their families and themselves and, therefore, providing them with a greater and more fair share and say in the economy and in common economic matters.
MWDC is one such programme established to provide facilities to run a variety of educational and training activities of greatly different length, contents, and depth with the ultimate main purpose to promote women's advancement in the church, economy, and society.