Tag Archives: women

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women leaders in Kasese district have asked the government to resettle the internally displaced persons in Muhokya Camp. They argue that women and young girls living in the camp have been exposed to untold suffering for more than two years. Angella Birungi, the Chairperson Kasese …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Electoral Commission has asked Parliament to provide an additional Shs80 billion required to conduct Women Council elections, whose term expired in 2022 and the Local Council elections due for July 2023. The money is part of the Shs542 billion the electoral body tabled …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women and children in Kalangala district are making fortunes in adding value to some of the neglected residues of the palm oil trees grown in the area. In 2000, the government with support from the International Fund for Agriculture Development-IFAD started mobilizing for the cultivation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Registrar of the Court of Appeal has forwarded the file in which women opposition members under the Interparty Cooperation (IPC), challenged police brutality when they demonstrated against the Electoral Commission in 2010. The group petitioned the High Court accusing the police officers; Immaculate Mabuya …

COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | Ladies, can you remember of a time you got on your period out of home only to realise, you had not carried any pads? Or for women that experience a heavy flow during periods that you quickly run through what you had carried from home …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 5th cohort of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship (AWE) Program has successfully graduated 85 women entrepreneurs from Kampala, Lira, and Arua covering sectors of building, agriculture, education, health, and technology businesses and tourism courtesy of the US Embassy and SHONA. The U.S. Embassy Department of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March 28, Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with the office of the Luzira Women Councillor LC III offered agribusiness training and donated 2,000 mushroom gardens to Luzira single mothers. The Corporate Relations Director Uganda Breweries, Juliana Kagwa said that many women living in urban settings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In celebration of the International Women’s Day, Airtel Uganda hosted its female staff at an engagement where they were encouraged to embrace the power of technology to attain a work-life balance. The session was held at Kampala Serena Hotel. The 2023 International World Women’s …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In commemoration of women’s month (March), ActionAid Uganda embarked on advancing women’s rights and gender equality through digital literacy. While speaking at the community dialogue held in Bukedea on March 22nd, Shibah Namulindwa the field programme coordinator, of ActionAid Uganda Eastern region said that they …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Football’s global governing body FIFA on Thursday launched the 2027 Women’s World Cup bidding process, which will be appointed, for the first time, by the FIFA Congress. The previous Women’s World Cup hosts were decided by the Council, but this time the Congress will vote for the …