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Housing development and women's right to land and property Review of Women Advancement Trust's development programme and the partnership with NBBL
The Norwegian Federation of Co-operative Housing Associations (NBBL) entered in 2003 into a three years development co-operation with Women Advancements Trust (WAT) in Tanzania. WAT has been a lobbying and advocacy organisation for women's rights to inheritance and ownership since its inception in 1989. Since 1996, UN Habitat II conference in Istanbul, WAT has also been engaged in self-help housing development. NBBL´s financial support is co-ordinated with Rooftops Canada through a basket funding agreement. The purpose of the review was to assess the scope and achievements of WAT during the last three years. A further purpose was to review NBBL as a development actor in relation to the organisation and its programme. As NBBL's role has been closely co-ordinated with that of Rooftops, also Rooftops' role was to be taken into consideration. Especially the joint effort through the basket funding and its impact on the programme should be addressed.