The Member of Parliament for Gomba west in Gomba district Robinah Rwaboga says that as government is looking for funds to provide sanitary pads to the girl child in schools there should be an intervention to urgently give girls in schools sanitary pads. Rwabwoga says that a number of girls are missing 3-4 days in a […]
At least 570 young girls are infected with HIV in Uganda according to the latest findings by a United Nations report. The findings is a set back to the country’s efforts to curb the scourge that has claimed thousands of lives since it was first discovered in the early 80’s. It is also more scaring […]
Is Uganda really independent when over 40% of our budget is sponsored by European colonial powers? When people are in causality and ward 3B of Mulago hospital waiting and getting no medical attention, ‘waiting to die,’ when one ‘s freedom can be taken away anytime, like in the case of col. Kiiza Besigye and Kampala […]
Kitgum woman MP Beatrice Anywar has asked government to set up protective homes for nodding syndrome people in Kitgum. Anywar said that several of girls who are victims of nodding syndrome were defiled by some men and the latest incidents are reported to have happened on the 50 years of Independence Day celebrations. Addressing journalists […]
Kampala Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has asked parents and guardians to teach their daughters the difference between men who flatters girls and those who compliments girls. He says girls need to know men who spend money on them and men who invest in them. Lwanga says girls need to know men who view girls […]
The Police spokesman for Buganda region, Lameca Kigozi has cautioned female students to desist from acts of prostitution as they returned home for their second term school holidays. Kigozi says that many sweetie’ looking young girls engage in acts of dating married men and indulge in acts of prostitution during holidays putting their lives […]
Ambassadors Girls’ Scholarship Program: Targeting girls from economic hardship areas, or girls facing adverse circumstances, the Ambassadors Girls’ Scholarship Program (AGSP) is providing scholarships to girls attending primary and secondary school in Africa. The Academy for Educational Development is delivering over 85,000 scholarships over a period of four years in 15 Western, Central and Eastern […]
Canadian Harambee Education Society Scholarships: The Canadian Harambee Education Society (CHES) mission is to improve the quality of life of women and their communities in Kenya and Tanzania by providing secondary education scholarships for girls. CHES helps girls get an education by; Providing scholarships to Kenyan and Tanzanian girls who qualify for Secondary School […]
Girls Global Education Fund (GGEF) provides scholarships to girls in developing countries who would otherwise be unable to attend school. Scholarships are given to girls in primary school, junior high and high school. Girls Global Education Fund (GGEF) will cover the cost of sending girls to school for the entire year, and if necessary, also […]
Women Leadership and Disability Scholarships; Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD – USA) annually brings together approximately 30 women leaders with disabilities to strengthen leadership skills, create new visions and build international networks of support. During the 3-week program in USA, participants take part in workshops and discussions, conduct on-site visits, and participate […]