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Women
3 September 2024, 4:50 pm
Empowering female journalists to promote peaceful elections
By Annet Nakato To promote peaceful elections in Uganda, SHED and KAD Initiative Uganda have collaborated to train female journalists in conflict-sensitive journalism. The training, held on 30-31 August 2024 at The Source of the Nile Hotel in Namanve, aimed…
30 August 2024, 2:21 pm
Celebrating women in healthcare in Uganda
By Catherine Apalat and Regina Nassanga While women play a crucial role in the healthcare system, they are often underrepresented and underreported. Listen to Mama FM’s feature focusing on three remarkable women: a general doctor, a nurse, and a pediatrician,…
29 July 2024, 2:16 pm
Role of the government in domestic violence prevention
By Catherine Apalat and Regina Nassanga Listen to Mama FM’s women’s radio talk show programme on government efforts to reduce domestic violence cases in Uganda. Here is the link to the radio programme produced in the local language, Luganda.
15 July 2024, 1:16 pm
Unequal reproductive healthcare services for women with disabilities in health c…
By Annet Nakato In Uganda, many women with disabilities face significant challenges when it comes to their sexual and reproductive health. They are often ignored or overlooked because they are women and they have disabilities. Society doesn’t always think they…
5 June 2024, 4:18 pm
Over 200 women train on social economic development
By Ejang Sarah and Desire Ocen Dr Apea also asked women to store food at home whenever harvested in order to fight food insecurity that hits mostly women and their children. In a bid to fight poverty through good leadership,…
27 May 2024, 9:18 am
Sironko teenage mothers receive tailoring machines from Mafabi Asha Foundation
By Shadrach Bethel Afayo In a bid to empower the girl child and end teenage pregnancies in Sironko district, the Mafabi Asha Foundation has donated over 30 tailoring machines to facilitate imparting skills to the youth, enabling them to become…
4 May 2024, 12:56 pm
PM Robinah Nabbanja hands over 5 tractors to churches and mosque in Kakumiro
Kakumiro The Prime Minister of Uganda Robinah Nabbanja has handed over 5 tractors received from the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry to 4 churches and 1 mosque purposely to be utilized by women to improve on their agricultural productivity…
1 May 2024, 5:00 pm
Amolatar Woman Member of Parliament disburses over 100 million as seed capital
By Ejang Sarah, Desire Ocen and Okello Kennedy “I started by training the group leaders on the financial discipline that was lead by micro support training centre, and now giving seed capital to all the village saving groups, and l…
2 April 2024, 12:38 pm
Kitgum municipality grilled for not supporting Women’s Day celebration
By Otim Moses Arapmoi Kitgum municipality on Thursday last week came under fire for failing to financially support the belated Women’s Day celebration that was held on March 28, 2024 at the Mayor’s Garden. Mr. Ayoli Ben Bob, the Pandwong…
21 March 2024, 12:05 pm
Women urged to embrace saving money
By Kenneth Wamatoyi Women in the Eastern region have been called upon to embrace the saving culture in homes and businesses. This call was made by the Equity Bank supervisor, Ms. Salima Kauma during the exhibition of “bakyala ku ntiko”…