Hon. Margaret Komuhangi, the Parliamentary chairperson on Gender, Labour and Social Development says government needs to do more to ensure that youths access services for development.
She says although projects such as the youth livelihood programme is making a difference in creating employment, there is still a lot to be done in order for them to fully live a meaningful life.
Komuhangi made the remarks on Tuesday 26, 2016, while meeting a delegation of women members of parliament from the Namibian who are in Uganda on a fact finding mission on how they can engage women and youth to fight poverty.
She revealed that every district in Uganda has benefited from youth livelihood funds and that there were still more funds available for youth to access.
Komuhangi also said that the gender parity percentage for women should be increased to 50 percent moving from the current 45 percent.
She added that although women are politically and economically empowered, there is still domestic violence and that the national budget allocation is still not equitably distributed for women benefit fully.
Agness Limbo, the Nambian legislator who led the group told the Ugandan couterparts Namibia intends to use Uganda’s acquaintance so as to help Namibian women and youth improve on their lives.
She said their visit is aimed at drawing lessons and best practices from Uganda’s approach of empowering youth and women in development.
