Decades ago, women in Uganda rose with a strong determination; to thrive. The sun rose and we saw the wide smile of the day The season we had worked and anticipated for so long Economic, education, political and social…
Ending Sexual and Gender based Violence is not a ones persons' effort but a collective and holistic approach. here In Uganda in refugee settlements there has been an increase in child marriages, defilement, intimate partner…
At least a third of the world’s schoolchildren – 463 million children globally – were unable to access remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered their schools, according to a new UNICEF. [1] Across different African countries…
POLICY AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES TO WOMEN’S REALISATION OF THE RIGHT TO SEXUAL &REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN POLYGYAMOUS MARRIAGES IN UGANDA Mwanga Mastullah Ashah ABSTRACT Polygamy remains one of the key topics in various…
The Sexual Offence Bill was drafted in 2000 and in 2016 it was tabled as a private member bill by Kumi Woman MP, Monicah Amoding (UWOPA Chairperson). A renewed call for an enactment of the bill came at the beginning of March…
D uring my time of growing up as a child, no one ever spoke of rape or sexual violence. All I heard about was pregnancy. It was even taboo to speak about it. This was spoken among peers not parents or teachers either. But I…
Looking at a disabled youth or child, what comes in everyone’s mind if not many is pity and imaginations of helplessness for life. But this should not be the case. The issue is the society and the values it holds for the…
I recently meet a group of women with disability in a rural village in Uganda who were able to share their stories. Asamo (not real name) told me her story how she has been able to rise from ashes after her husband threw her…
Young people migrate for various reasons. Intra country migration across Africa is mainly from rural areas to urban areas is mainly in search of job opportunities, to attend school for those lucky to go to college or…
My name is John, a 29 year old male Ugandan, a High school teacher by Profession. I started up a Primary school known as "Source of Light Primary School", located in one of the rural communities in Uganda. The school has 320…
While others rejoice being head of the family, it's very debastdevas when this comes at a vert young age as you tend to miss alot of Parenthood love, care, support & socialisation. Most of 70% of African diseases are…
Malaria is number one killer in Uganda. We try to reach millions of people with audiovisual songs so that people appreciate the impact malaria has created in Uganda. We try to include; malaria transmission, signs and…
I am a Ugandan women. I grew up with my elder brother and a grandma after loosing my parents at a very tender age. I have a pamphlet of the untold stories about my lifestyle. I understand many more girl child have gone and…
AWADIFO OLGA KILI is our WOMAWORDS representative for young women and girls and represents Uganda in #WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS Hall of Fame. A Youthful Literary,genius.A dedicated and widely published writer poet attending…
The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched its second call for proposal in Uganda. The WPHF is governed by a Funding Board at the global level, which is comprised of four UN entities (currently UN Women,…
South-South cooperation emerged as collective reaction to the global political and economic changes. South based countries felt a need to come together based on a shared common past namely colonialism and fighting for a war…
Last night I dined with a friend. He’s the coordinator of one big international humanitarian NGO. We worked in a very different field, but somehow it is still connected. Over wine, we got talking about the kinds of things we…
It was another great day, full of celebration, education and ideas sharing. With the coming together of 16 people (10 young women and 6 young men) to celebrate the IWD. We came together as Cameroonian sisters in Uganda to…
Victorious women self-help group is a community of women who have experienced and endued trauma and abuse. The women come together every Sunday afternoon to share their stories amongst themselves and lift up each other. As a…
it is believed that poverty is diseases and when it comes to women and girls it has prolonged effect which causes advanced challenges like Hiv/aids due to demand to meet basic need. save the marginalized Uganda is working…
I am grateful to have physically met, most of my World Pulse Sisters and brothers that I interact with here and other online platforms. The joy, warmth and camaraderie is out of this world. It has taken so long for me to…
We are in the first month of the new year 2020 but before it started we did set goals and targets to accomplish but before it ends however ,many a long the way as we move on,we encounter a numbers of distractions and…
Restore Dialogue Uganda works to promote Mediation, Restorative Justice and Conflict Resolution by providing quality training in these fields, promoting the practice of mediation, restorative justice and conflict resolution…
For over 12 years of engagement in advocacy, i have found it sad that when it comes to women Rights are ignored despite laws and protocols in place. For 4 years now World pulse has helped me to move on despite all odds and…
Halloween is always bittersweet for me. My own traditions recognize this time of year as the halfway point between autumn and winter, in many traditions as night grows longer and darkness increases, a time in which we…