Hello community members , hope your all doing well . well I am sharing with you a trying moment I went through , which was the 18th of November . There was an abrupt strike in kampala , uganda . I was in town trying to make…
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…
The U.S. Embassy in Kampala, under the auspices of the Office of the Regional Refugee Coordinator, is pleased to announce the availability of a funding opportunity through the 2021 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees. The Julia…
I met Tamarack (Tam) Verrall on World Pulse when she made a great comment on one of my articles and we clicked. World Pulse being a platform and network of grassroots women raising their voices about issues affecting them…
Girls right for education should not be violated, they have right to access good education, as boys do, and right to take any course, in Uganda girls are still suffering when it comes to the right education, but as world…
Well I'll contribute about my refugee live again , people judge refugees living in uganda wrongly especially the citizens . we are taken in the negative way ,especially the Congolese because the Somalis are known of having…
It's all about my life as a refugee woman, becoming a refugee is the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone, becoming homeless, losing loved one's and beginning from scratch after an average height of living. Since…
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…
Elections are coming up in a few months many Ugandan are thirsty for change and we all hope that we will have free and fair elections just like other countries. For example USA citizens vote and their votes determine the…
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'm called emmanuella, i am a Congolese by nationality. i didn't get the chance to be in a rich family, but i got the chance to have great parents by my side. When i was young we were living in a place called goma, i always…
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…
BY 2014 12% of the total population in the country was chronically food insecure in different areas which are scattered karamoja,Teso and Acholi regions.this has been attributed to poor rainfall performance during the first…
Slave trade and colonialism brought with it a lot of evils in Africa. From massive land dispossession, forced labour, introduction of Hut tax and restricted movement using pass systems, locally known as Kipande in Kenya at…
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…
Freedom creates space for knowledge acquisition and innovation, Knowledge paves way for innovation,invention and production. Innovation champions human potential and productivity,this spearheads automatic economic…
Choosing between Natural economic inequality and artificial economic inequality takes the decisions made by Authorities and those in power. I personally like realism and naturalism,In this perspective Artificial economic…
Africa and the world at large is replete with examples of state sponsored repression on human rights defenders or those who speak out against various forms of social injustices ranging from land grabs, corruption, bad…
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…