The government of Uganda is continuing to receive more pressure from different circles over police’s brutal treatment of walk to work protesters over the past three weeks. Women activists in Uganda are on Monday holding a protest march against what they call excessive use of force that has resulted in death on people who were […]
Uganda Women Network has expressed fears that the Local Council Courts may not be able to appropriately handle cases of domestic violence if the government does not come out to supervise such courts to ensure that they offer the necessary justice in relation to domestic violence. The newly enacted Domestic Violence Act empowers LC courts […]
Uganda Women’s Network has urged the government to sensitize the community on domestic violence and how it can participate in the eradication of domestic violence in Uganda. UWONET in a policy brief on the Domestic Violence Bill has said that sensitizing the community on domestic violence will encourage the community to participate in the fight […]
Women activists in Uganda have blamed the media for frustrating the ambitions of women in politics and also contributing to their failure to win elections through discouraging coverage of women. The former Coordinator of the Uganda Women’s Network, Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe has told Ultimate Media that during elections, women candidates for the various electoral posts […]