Women Empowerment and Gender Equality: What is the Missing Link
May 28, 2019
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Activists marching through Busia town to to raise awareness
In december 2014 I was in Busia district, Eastern Uganda on a campaign to end Sexual and Gender based Violence (SGBV) organized by the Institute for Social Transformation (IST) and Isis-WICCE in Partnership with Busia Local Government. The aim of the campaign was to mobilize communities in Busia district to discuss strategies to address the increasing SGBV cases.
According to Police files, on a daily basis at least three cases related to SGBV are reported and over 80 cases a month. These are only the reported cases and remember that so many cases remain unreported.
Over 2000 women, men, youth and local leaders from different sub counties in the district participated in the discussions.
Dressed in their usual African dresses and non-traditional African attires in different styles, designs and colors with majority putting on head covers, the women listened attentively in the discussions and actively participated in different activities such as the march and group discussions.Read More...
