As Uganda joins the rest of the World to commence the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum (UYAHF) has called for more space and visibility of girls in planning and policy processes. The 16 days of Activism is an international campaign aimed at challenging violence against women and girls. The call to…
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Civil Society Organisations championing the preservation of wetlands have called upon government to expeditiously consider and pass the Wetlands policy and Bill so as to improve on the conservation and management of wetlands in Uganda. The call was made during Uganda’s wetlands policy and legislation review process that was held in Kampala by the Partners for Resilience (PfR) lead by…
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The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRDU) has called upon government to expeditiously appoint a substantive chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) following the increased human rights abuse during the general elections campaigns. While addressing the media in Kampala, the Human Rights Defenders (HRD) noted that the absence of a substantive Uganda Human Rights Commission Chairperson…
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The Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) which brings together all local government has called upon government to expedite the operationalisation of the newly created administrative units as a way of increasing service delivery to the people. This was during a meeting held at Fairway hotel in Kampala where members discussed the several factors that affect effective service delivery in the…
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Oxfam in Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Women Organisation Network (UWONET) has launched Enough Campaign in Uganda aimed at fighting violence against women and girls in Uganda. Enough is a worldwide campaign that has sparked a movement against violence towards women and girls, to address negative social norms in their specific contexts. According to Oxfam Uganda Country Director Francis…
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The Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Sylvia Ntambi has been granted bail by the Anti Corruption Court Chief Magistrate after spending days in Kigo prison over corruption charges and embezzlement of government funds. The EOC boss was remanded to Kigo prison last week by the Court Chief Magistrate, Pamela Lamunu Ocaye, on grounds that the sureties she had presented…
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The National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Uganda (SHAU) has appealed to government to come up with unique and specific interventions that favor people living with special conditions suffered by People Living with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SBH) condition. The call was made during a media dialogue that was organized by the association to mark and celebrate the National…
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Civil Society Organisations under Children at Risk Action Network (CRANE) have revealed that there has been a growing number of abandoned children during the COVID-19 lockdown period. This according to the girl child activists is as a result of the skyrocketing numbers of teenage pregnancy in the country. The 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) indicated that about 28…
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The Uganda National Association of the Blind (UNAB) has appealed to government and other key stakeholders to reconsider some of the measures that were put in place in the fight against COVID-19. The call was made by UNAB Chairman, Francise Kinubi at an event organized to mark the International White Cane Safety Day held in Kampala under the theme; “Breaking…
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