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Government should do more for youths –MP Komuhangi

Isaac Senabulya — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:14:43 +0000

Hon.Komuhangi (right) holding a meeting together with the Leader of Opposition, Hon. Winnie Kizza.

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.

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Gender minister advises parents to speak to their children about AIDS

Isaac Senabulya — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:31:36 +0000

Gender, labour and social development minister, Muluri Mukasa

The gender, labour and social development minister, Muruli Mukasa is advising parents to always take off time and speak to their children about the deadly HIV/AIDS disease if the country is to scale down on new infections among the adolescents.

Speaking at the opening of the stakeholders meeting, the minister reveals that adolescents are these days having the biggest numbers of people living with the disease as they are engaged in cross generation relationships coupled with networks which lead to the spread of the disease and its upon this time that parents have to talk to their children, mainly the girls, to protect themselves. He further calls for full implementation of the AIDS legislation saying this is one way in which the disease will be reduced from being negligently passed on to others.

This national stakeholder’s workshop has been organized to harmonize health, education, protection, and empowerment interventions that will better address the unique risks and vulnerabilities faced by adolescent girls, in a coordinated and coherent way.

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Apply for UN.GIFT Small Grants

Gerald Businge — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:50:54 +0000

UN.GIFT Small Grants: UN.GIFT has established a Small Grants Facility with the overall objective to increase and improve support structures for victims of human trafficking around the world.

Through a Call for Proposals, relevant organizations will be identified and the most promising projects will be selected.

Civil society organizations will receive grants either to sustain existing anti-human trafficking initiatives or to engage in additional counter-trafficking activities.

In additions, the UN.GIFT website will provide a virtual forum for CSOs to promote their projects, to network with other stakeholders and to showcase their activities to the international community.

The following activities are a priority for UN.GIFT Small Grants:

The empowerment of vulnerable groups and communities
Direct victim support
Cooperation between NGOs from countries of origin and destination
Collection of evidence-based knowledge

For more information and application see; UN.GIFT Small Grants

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500 jobs available in Uganda

Gerald Businge — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:09:46 +0000

The coalition for health promotion and social development, a national health rights organization and the action aid are to recruit professionals who can work under minimum supervision to fill the following posts: programme manager- community empowerment programme, programme assistant- community empowerment programme, programme officer administrative and human resource, programme officer research and monitoring, programme officer communications and documentations.

On the other hand, action aid is an international development agency working in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and theCaribbean. Its mission is to work with poor and excluded people in the world to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustices and inequality that cause it. Action aid is launching a web and print publications to provide regular, timely, accurate, and clear information on social, economic, and environment dimensions ofUganda’s oil and gas exploration and production.

Staff writers are required immediately to support the organisation’s effort. Applicants must have bachelors’ degree and be able to demonstrate strong research and writing skills.

Ultimate Media

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