The CECAFA Women's Championship, also called Women's Challenge Cup, is an association football tournament for teams from Eastern Africa organized by Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).

The first tournament was played in Zanzibar in 1986 and won by the host team.

The try for reviving the women's championship in the CECAFA region had been attempted in Zanzibar for October 2007.

[3] That 2016 edition was hosted by Uganda and played in Jinja.

[4] Tanzania won the championship and also Burundi were playing their first official FIFA recognized games ever.