Human rights organizations, Foundation for Human rights Initiative (FHRI) and Women Leadership Development (WLEDE) recommend that the security personnel desist from exercising excessive power over women engaging in politics as it is one of the deterrent for other women to actively participate in politics. According to a recent report on the just concluded parliamentary elections, the human rights organizations observe that […]
The director Centre for Women in Governance (CEWIGO) Miria Matembe has urged women leaders at different levels to advocate for the well being of women at all levels. Matembe says the Centre for Women in Governance is committed to building a pool of women who are knowledgeable, informed and with skills to participate in politics with a […]
Women Legislators have been advised to practice clean politics and desist from practicing politics of accusations. The call has been made by former members of the National Resistance Council led by Catherine Masaba Former Woman MP for Mbale Distinct who had paid a courtesy call to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to congratulate her upon […]
Theme: “SETTING THE TUNES OF DEMOCRACY: Towards an Agenda for political Accountability.” As Uganda prepares for the 2011 elections, it is imperative that the women of Uganda irrespective of political affiliation reflect on the past 5 years of multiparty democracy and agree on a women’s agenda for elections and beyond. The Forum for Women in […]
U.S. Mission Uganda is now accepting applications for the 2019 Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Women’s Leadership. The five week program takes place during the June to August time-frame. SUSI for Student Leaders are intensive short-term academic programs whose purpose is to provide groups of undergraduate student leaders with […]
8th March is celebrated world over as the International Women’s day. This year’s celebration is coming in the wake of an eventful year. It has been revealed that the gender gap, the gap between men and women across health, education, politics and economics, has widened, the #MeToo movement has started, encouraging millions to speak up […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said that women are the base of society and, therefore, should not be marginalized. Museveni made the remarks during the celebrations to mark International Women’s Day held at Busuubizi Core Primary Teachers’ College in Mityana district. This year’s theme is “Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls: Opportunities and Challenges.” President Museveni […]
The Member of Parliament for Aruu North in Pader district, Lucy Achiro Otim, has revealed that women politicians face mistreatment from men when they challenge them for the direct Parliamentary seats in their respective districts. She says that men blackmail women when they assess that have support to win them in elections. “They resort to calling […]
The speaker of the east African legislative assembly, Hon. Margaret Zziwa is urging all women on the African continent to strongly support their fellow women who stand out to contest for various leadership posts at all levels as the way they can increase women power in governance. Speaking at the national women in politics conference […]
I am the woman MP for Kampala. My names are Nabila Sempala. I want to share a very worrying trend in my party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). FDC is infiltrated by NRM impostors claiming to have knowledge of the party and its activities! I will not beat about the bush because that’s an […]
