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Applications needed at Young Women in Governance Grants

editor1 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:15:53 +0000

Young Women in Governance Grants: The Africa Youth Trust (AYT) is an independent, non -partisan youth development and advocacy organization.

Established ¡n 2005, AYT exists to harness the productive energies of youth towards peace, equity and prosperity within and across communities in Africa.

About the Project

With funding from UN Women Governance and Gender Programme phase III (GGP III), AYT is implementing a Young Women in Governance project.

The project aims at providing young women the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively and proactively engage in governance processes.

The Young Women in Governance project is being implemented in Kiambu, Machakos and Nairobi Counties.

AYT is calling for applications from young women who meet the following qualifications;

are in a leadership position in any sector
posses good oral and written communication skills in English and Swahili
demonstrate the ability to facilitate forums
reside in any of the three Counties mentioned above
minimum education level of ‘O’ level
are between 18-35 years of age

For more scholarship information and application: Young Women in Governance Grants

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FIFA to open Njeru Technical Centre stadium

Gerald Businge — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:46:20 +0000

FIFA is set to open the artificial Njeru Technical centre stadium next month. The stadium has capacity to accommodate over 10,000 people.

Uganda’s women football team, the Crested Cranes are the first team to camp at this multi-million FIFA funded project.

FUFA publicist Rodgers Mulindwa says that the project has cost FIFA over one million US dollars. He says that FUFA in conjunction with all its partners will make a great function the day the facility would be opened inUganda.

Njeru Technical Centre Stadium is the first artificial project to be built inUgandaand East andCentral Africa.

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UN envoy decries increasing human rights abuses in Uganda

Gerald Businge — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:51:17 +0000

As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 63^rd International Human Rights Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights defenders Margaret Sekagya has cautioned Parliament on the public order management Bill that is currently before the legal committee of Parliament.

She made the caution at the five day workshop under the theme Claiming Spaces: Tactical Tools for Human Rights Defenders which attracted over 50 human rights activists including journalists and women human rights defenders from across Uganda organized by the Human Rights, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project at Hotel Africana in kampala.

The Bill that seeks to regulate public meetings has been rejected by many organizations with claims that it violates the UN Human Rights laws.

Sekagya advised legislators to make further consultation before passing the Bill into law.

She noted that human rights abuses have been on the increase worldwide mostly-in theArab world where uprisings have taken place.

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