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30 September 2024, 4:07 pm
UMWA calls for collective efforts to handle GBV
By Byamukama Alozious The Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA), in partnership with the Austrian Development Cooperation, hosted an interactive dialogue to review progress on the project addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women and girls. The dialogue brought together…
25 September 2024, 4:45 pm
A journalist highlights how there is need for training on GBV reporting
By Byamukama Alozious Peace Basemera, a journalist with UBC West Radio, has hailed a recent training on reporting Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) as a game-changer. Organized by Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) with support…
25 September 2024, 4:37 pm
Capital FM journalist vows to enhance GBV reporting after training
By Byamukama Alozious Edwin Muhumuza, a journalist with Capital FM and The Highflyer, has praised a recent training on reporting Gender-Based Violence (GBV) for broadening his perspective. The training, organised by Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) with support from Austrian…
7 September 2024, 2:43 pm
Women find difficulties to decide over their own bodies
By Regina Nassanga The refusal by men to use condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies is one of the challenges faced by women, often leading to violence against them. This issue was raised by some survivors of domestic violence…
7 September 2024, 12:06 pm
UMWA training transforms Pearl FM journalist’s view on GBV
Byamukama Alozious The Uganda Women Media Association (UMWA), supported by the Austrian Development Cooperation, recently conducted an extensive training programme for journalists, survivors of domestic violence, healthcare professionals, and civil society organisations (CSOs). This initiative aimed to tackle the pressing…
7 September 2024, 11:44 am
Namakula an empowered journalist to tackle gender-based violence with impact
By Byamukama Alozious In a significant step towards improving the reporting of gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women, the Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA), with support from the Austrian Development Cooperation, recently conducted a comprehensive training programme for journalists,…
5 September 2024, 4:24 pm
UMWA urges joint efforts to address escalating VAWG and GBV
Byamukama Alozious The Uganda Women Media Association (UMWA), in partnership with the Austrian Development Cooperation for a two-month training programme aimed at tackling the rising cases of violence against women and girls (VAWG) has trained journalists, health workers, civil society…
7 May 2024, 9:35 pm
Voices of albinism: Overcoming neglect and discrimination
By Nanfuka Robbina Nabukenya Christine and Sunday Kimera Dominic, both 24 years old, share a life coloured by the challenges of living with albinism. Christine, a resilient young woman, highlights the pervasive ignorance among parents raising children with albinism. She…
21 March 2024, 5:27 pm
UMWA mentors female politicians, journalists and activists on digital security
By Byamukama Alozious Over time online violence against women has been increasing, this has led to many effects ranging from trauma to death among many women who use social platform According to the study by Women of Uganda Network -WOUGNET,…
12 March 2024, 11:16 am
Lack of sign language interpreters leads to violence against deaf children
By Byamukama Alozious According to Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 36% of female children 5-17 years with disabilities experienced physical or sexual violence. Focusing on children with deaf disability, we have produced a radio feature on why the lack of professional…