UDB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd under which beneficiaries will get between 50 and 100 million shillings in loans Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank has offered to help 2 million women in business access financing at more affordable cost …
Read More »Women activists push for equal representation and participation in decision making
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | There are fewer women occupying leadership positions in Uganda, despite efforts by the government to promote gender equality and the introduction of affirmative action for vulnerable groups particularly women. This was disclosed during a Regional Women’s Political Leadership Convention from 28th – 29th October 2021 at Serena …
Read More »Must win for Crested Cranes against Zambia in COSAFA game
Port Elizabeth, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Crested Cranes will face Zambia’s Copper Queens this afternoon in the last Group C match at the on-going COSAFA Women’s Championship in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Going into the game coach George William Lutalo’s team need an outright win at …
Read More »Karamoja women hailed for spearheading gun recovery
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security task force enforcing the ongoing disarmament exercise in Karamoja has hailed women for playing a key role in the recovery of firearms. Capt. Edrin Mawanda, the UPDF 3rd Division Spokesperson, says that women have been great partners since the army and police …
Read More »Uganda U-20 team routs Kenya 7-2 in World Cup qualifier
Kenya 🇰🇪 2 Uganda 🇺🇬 7 Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Two goals each from lead striker Juliet Nalukenge and Sumaya Komuntale gave Uganda’s Under 20 women’s team a resounding 7-2 victory over hosts Kenya at Nyayo stadium, Nairobi on Saturday afternoon. Other goals came from Margaret Kunihira, captain Fauzia Najjemba …
Read More »EPRC: Men doing work traditionally done by women
Makerere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study by the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) has found notable shifts where men are increasingly taking on care work that was traditionally assigned to women. This is against the fact that previous data has stipulated that women and girls spend twice …
Read More »UN Women chief asks Taliban to respect rights of Afghan women
United Nations | Xinhua | A United Nations (UN) high-ranking official on Thursday called on the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to respect the rights of women. “Women have a right to peaceful protest and to a life free of violence. In taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities assume a duty …
Read More »Police registers 1,253 cases of violence against children and women in Acholi
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi sub region registered 1,253 cases of violence against children and women in the first half of this year. Records from the Aswa River police show that there was a sharp rise in cases of violence in Amuru, Gulu, Pader, Agago, Kitgum, Nwoya, Omoro and …
Read More »UWEAL seeks UGX 25Bn for an incubation centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited-UWEAL has launched a fundraising drive of 25 billion shillings to construct an incubation facility to help boost women’s businesses in Uganda. Barbara Ofwono Buyondo, the chairperson UWEAL says that the facility will be constructed at Namanve Industrial Park on …
Read More »Women activists against women sleeping in markets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women activists have asked the government to look beyond mosquito nets and provide women spending nights in markets with security and sanitary places to guarantee their safety. On Friday last week, President Yoweri Museveni asked women vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact …
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