Syracuse University graduate student Erica Kiduko, who grew up in Tanzania, wanted to enhance her research exploring the ongoing imbalance women in Tanzania face, and why, despite the implementation of the National Plan of Action, many women were still experiencing physical violence.

Accordingly, she decided to use her 2023-24 Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Award to promote education around gender-based violence through a self-secured internship with the Global Peace Foundation Tanzania, one of the organizations involved in launching the National Plan of Action.

As a program officer, Kiduko worked on the GPF Tanzania’s Uniting to End Violence against Women in Football initiative, which focused on both resolving issues of gender-based violence in women’s soccer and changing the societal norms and behaviors that often prevent victims of violence from reporting these incidents.

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