Initially, the organization's goals were to encourage more opportunities for female journalists, and to address gender discrimination in newsrooms across Tanzania.
Starting in March 1988, it went on to publish 39 issues by 2016, and it received funds from the Canadian Organization for Development to cover printing costs.
They also produced a booklet in Kiswahili to explain how to register NGOs so as to allow more people to create organizations beneficial to the Tanzanian public.
From 2003 to 2007, 50,000 posters were produced per year carrying a variety of messages, including about women and leadership, female genital mutilation, and sexual violence.
TAMWA also founded a Crisis Center in Dar es Salaam in 1990 to provide aid and assistance to those who suffered from domestic violence.
In response to increasing problems with sanitation in primary schools, TAMWA took efforts to expand their coverage and advocacy for health to include hygiene as well.