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Gender equality | Social justice

Mzinga

a replicable beehive system. Co-designed with and for Maasai women & girls from Longido in Tanzania.

Conceptiuaization

Visual Storytelling

Wayfinding & Implementation

Participatory Process

Conceptualization

Visual Wtorytelling

Participatory Process

Wayfinding & Implementation

The Challenge​

Financial Dependence for women​

  • Traditional customs hinder socioeconomic stability
  • Maasai women are financially dependent on husband or father
  • Lack of autonomy and new financing options
The Process​

Participatory product design & development​

  • For independence & one’s own production of a beehive
  • Participatory idea workshops & conception phase with women
  • Ethnographic studies and material research on site
The Result​
  • Beehive system for women
    and girls in Maasai
  • Use of familiar materials & construction methods
  • Holistic project handover
    for autonomous use

Honey as independent income

The Challenge

Financial Dependence for women

  • Traditional customs hinder socioeconomic stability
  • Maasai women are financially dependent on husband or father
  • Lack of autonomy and new financing options
The Process

Participatory product design & development

  • For independence & one’s own production of a beehive
  • Participatory idea workshops & conception phase with women
  • Ethnographic studies and material research on site
The Result

Selling honey as an independent source of income

  • Beehive system for women
    and girls in Maasai
  • Use of familiar materials & construction methods
  • Holistic project handover
    for autonomous use

Projectmanager: Eric
Cooperationpartner: projectembo

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