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Opposition Female MPs demand accountability for Police brutality

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In an emotional testimony presented before the Committee of Presidential Affairs, female opposition Members of Parliament are demanding transparency and accountability concerning incidents of police brutality they endured in April 2023. These brave lawmakers have come forward with distressing allegations of physical abuse at the …

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Being Black and female

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tsitsi Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean playwright, filmmaker and award-winning novelist who is vocal about freedom of expression and human rights. In 2020, she was convicted by a Zimbabwean court for inciting violence after carrying out a march calling for political reforms. The charge was later …

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Female Police officers decry sexual harassment

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female officers have expressed concern over the increasing incidents of Sexual harassment and abuse within the Uganda Police Force that go unreported. The officers who were part of a conference organized by the Police Women Affairs Department, as part of the 16 days of activism …

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First female delinquents rehab centre to open

Currently, female offenders are housed in transit centres and released Kampala, Uganda |  JOHN MBARAGA | Young women and girls who have veered off the right path and have fallen into life of crime will have a chance to rebuild their lives after government unveiled plans to establish a rehabilitation centre …

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