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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): Special Issue on Gender I

Female Access to, and Control Over, Resources in Tanzania: The Case of Migrants Maasai Women in Dar es Salaam City and Bagamoyo District

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v10i2.84
Elizabeth Lulu Genda
Institute of Development Studies Mzumbe University, Tanzania

Corresponding Author(s) : Elizabeth Lulu Genda

elgenda@mzumbe.ac.tz

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): Special Issue on Gender I

Abstract

This paper examines female access to, and control over, resources in Tanzania. Specifically,
the objectives were to identify resources owned by Maasai at family level; examine women
access to, and control over, resources after migration; and assess women’s ability to sell
resources in their families. The paper emanated from a mixed method of cross-sectional
study conducted in Dar es Salaam city and Bagamoyo District to a sample of 230 obtained
through systematic and purposive sampling, respectively. The sample was drawn from six (6)
wards in Dar es Salaam and two (2) wards in Bagamoyo. Quantitative and qualitative data
were collected through questionnaire and key informants’ interview, respectively, whereas
respondents were selected using the snowball technique. Quantitative data were analysed
using descriptive statistics, while qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. The
findings showed that the major resources owned by Maasai families are livestock and land.
Ownership of livestock is private, while land is owned communally. Women are the
managers over livestock, but have less or no control over them. Climate change impacts such
as unreliable rainfall that result into prolonged drought, animal diseases and deaths, and
other difficulties push Maasai men to migrate with animals to other rural areas, and women
to nearby cities and towns. Findings show that income generated through migration has
enabled Maasai women to have access to, and control over, resources; and increased their
ability to have a say over family resources. Thus, local government authorities should ensure
security in the informal sectors, particularly in the cities and urban centres, as they are central
for women income-generation and ultimately, empowerment.


Keywords

access to resources; control over resources; Dar es Salaam city; Maasai women; Tanzania
Female Access to, and Control Over, Resources in Tanzania: The Case of Migrants Maasai Women in Dar es Salaam City and Bagamoyo District. (2021). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 10(2). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v10i2.84
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Female Access to, and Control Over, Resources in Tanzania: The Case of Migrants Maasai Women in Dar es Salaam City and Bagamoyo District. (2021). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 10(2). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v10i2.84
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