Presentation by Janet Chapman from Crowd2Map at State of the Map conference in November 21 Recording is here https://youtu.be/zbexKZTGpN0

1. How mapping can help
protect girls
from
Female Genital
Mutilation

2. 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)

3. 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

4. Local FGM survivor and Hope
Director Rhobi Samwelly
Hope for Girls and Women supports:
• Local Activists
• Outreach
work
• Safe Houses

5. This is rural Tanzania:
(Over 10,000 people live
in this area, not shown on
any map)
This is Dar es Salaam:

6. But girls cannot find the safehouses:
And safehouse staff cannot find them:

7. Activists
in rural Tanzania
need
MAPS!

9. We are making them!

11. 16 Youthmapper Chapters in Tanzania

12. Digital Champions
Set up 87 Digital Champions in every village in Serengeti District in 2019
Followed in 2021 by 56 in Butiama and 210 in Tarime Districts

13. Digital Champions were selected
from the Women and Children’s
Protection Committee by the
village. They had never used a
smartphone before.
Training included how to use the
phone that they were provided
with. It also included a micro sd
(memory) card with
downloaded videos, books and
other materials about
agriculture, health and womens’
rights.

14. Digital Champions were joined into a
WhatsApp group for ongoing training
and support, as well as training in
person and training visits by Safe
House staff.

15. 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.

18. Lessons Learnt
Engaging
marginalised rural
communities is
hard but rewarding

19. People love seeing a map of
their village for the first time

20. Training opportunities are hugely appreciated

21. Women have additional challenges

22. Building long term relationships is key

23. Please join us and help map Tanzania!
Janet Chapman
j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org
@Crowd2Map
https://bit.ly/C2MD4G