Tanzania, April 30 -- Arusha. About 10,000 women from pastoralist, farming, and hunting and gathering communities are set to benefit from a new project which seeks to save women from outdated traditions.

Dubbed Empuan, the project aims at amplifying voices of affected women from such communities to change the customs and traditions that endanger and undermine women, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriages.

The three-year project is being implemented by three partners, namely the Pastoral Women's Council (PWC), the Pastoralists Indigenous Non-Governmental Organisations (Pingos) and the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT).

Speaking at the launch of the project in Arusha on Monday April 29, PWC coordinator for just...