Lessons learnt from 5 years mapping rural Tanzania to fight FGM
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This document summarizes Crowd2Map's 5 years of experience mapping rural Tanzania to help fight female genital mutilation (FGM). Key lessons include that engaging uneducated rural communities is challenging but rewarding, people appreciate seeing maps of their villages for the first time, and training and building long-term relationships are important. Crowd2Map trained police and activists to use maps to find and protect girls at risk of FGM, and involved remote and local mappers through online tools like Slack. Their goal is to fully map Tanzania with the help of volunteers.
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Lessons learnt from 5 years mapping rural Tanzania to fight FGM
- 1. Crowd2Map lessons learnt from 5 years mapping rural Tanzania (to fight FGM) Janet Chapman j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org
- 2. FGM survivor and Hope Director Rhobi Samwelly Mapping to help protect girls from FGM
- 3. FGM The cutting of female genitalia for cultural or religious reasons: Type 1: partial or total removal of the clitoris Type 2: as Type 1 with additional removal of the labia minora and often the labia majora Type 3: re-arrangement of the genitals to narrow the vaginal opening Type 4: all other procedures (pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterizing)
- 5. Girls are rounded up during the ‘Cutting Season’ when they are on school holidays 70% + 50% + Less than 50% FGM Prevalence in Tanzanian Women and Girls 2016
- 7. This is rural Tanzania: This is Dar es Salaam:
- 9. We are making them!
- 11. And trained the police and activists to use the maps to quickly find and protect girls at risk. And also add missing places to the map.
- 12. REMOTE MAPPERS VS COMMUNITY MAPPERS Highly educated to degree level or beyond Many did not complete secondary school Have used maps in their daily life since childhood Had never seen a map of their local area Own and can skilfully use a large range of technology Had never used a smartphone, or laptop or been online.
- 17. Lessons Learnt • Engaging uneducated marginalised rural communities is hard but rewarding • People love seeing a map of their village for the first time • Training opportunities are hugely appreciated • Women have additional challenges • Building long term relationships is key
- 18. TRAINING EVENTS
- 21. We were invited to organise a mapathon at UNFPA in New York in September 2018. It was attended by 60 people from UNFPA, UNICEF, HOTOSM, Youthmappers and others
- 22. To coincide with this we held a global mapathon events in 60 countries. Including at the Ministry for Women in Somalia, in Mali, Guinea, Kenya, Niger, Uganda and many others.
- 24. Creating a sense of community is vital for a remote group. Slack for volunteers to ask questions and get instant feedback on their 1st mapping attempts.
- 28. When you achieve 100% you get a badge. Currently we have a quiz for buildings, but Sabine is working on one for roads too. https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/JAHNEB
- 35. Volunteers added clinic locations from Open Government Data
- 36. Using water point location data to add village names.
- 39. Please join us and help map Tanzania! Janet Chapman j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org @Crowd2Map https://bit.ly/C2MSlack
Editor's Notes
- In Tz mostly type 1 or 2
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- Creating village maps for the first time
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- Thank you to everyone here who helped!