Uganda and Gender
- Capital:
Kampala - Population:
33398682 - Size:
236040.0 Km2
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- BRIDGE
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Search BRIDGE's database of gender-focused material
- The BLDS gender collection
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Search for the latest gender-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Does microfinance empower women?
- A Lakwo / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2006
- This book on empowerment evaluation research explores the wider facilitatory impacts of microfinance on the empowerment of married rural women in Nebbi district, northwestern Uganda. The author finds that both theoretically and practi...
- Early marriages in Uganda's refugee settlements
- Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2008
- This report examines the widespread occurrence of early marriages in Uganda’s refugee settlements and how this phenomenon relates to the ‘vulnerability’ and self-reliance paradigms which underpin official protection ...
- The European Union must get serious about women and conflict
- Andrew Sherriff; Karen Barnes / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Women’s roles in conflict are hidden, poorly understood and, at times, dismissed. Attention is usually only drawn to women’s roles as victims. The European Union (EU) is becoming more responsive to the different roles that w...
- ‘Culture’ still impedes women’s rights across Africa
- Manisuli Ssenyonjo / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Every African state has signed at least one international treaty providing for the human rights of women. But women often experience discrimination because of their sex. Practices such as genital mutilation, forced marriage and polyga...
- Alcohol and gender
- I.S. Obot; R. Room / Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO, 2005
- The central theme of this book argues that in order to understand alcohol consumption and its consequences, we need to better understand social and cultural influences on the differences between men and women. The countries specifical...
- Modern slavery – how to end it?
- Department for International Development, UK, 2006
- Today people are still suffering from forms of slavery and human trafficking. This brochure, launched by International Development Secretary Hilary Benn, illustrates the shocking issue of contemporary slavery, how it relates to povert...
- Protecting girls in fighting forces: the cases of Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique
- S. Mackay; D. Mazurana / Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2004
- Girls in fighting forces have suffered major human rights violations, especially gender-based violence. The aim of this book is to inform child protection advocacy at all levels about the presence of girls in fighting forces worldwide...
- The impact of emergencies on women and children
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
- This Humanitarian Action Report 2007 outlines UNICEF’s appeal for children and women in 33 emergencies around the world. In each country it looks at critical issues for children, key actions and achievements in 2006 and planned h...
- Survey findings on experiences of physical, sexual and psychological abuse
- J. Stavropoulos / African Child Policy Forum, 2006
- This report presents the results of retrospective surveys in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda on young women's experiences of violence before they were 18 years old. Surveys were taken of a group of 500 young women in each of the capital ci...
- Involving women in peacebuiding
- International Crisis Group, 2006
- This report addresses the importance of ensuring the inclusion of women in peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo (DRC), and Uganda. The report points out that one of the main hindrances to women’s inclusion is the discrimination and viol...
- Isis Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE)
- Global action oriented women's organisation based in Uganda
- Council for Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa - Uganda Chapter
- The Council for Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa (CEEWA)-Uganda chapter is a non- governmental, non-partisan and not for profit organization working to promote the economic empowerment of women in the development process.
- African Women’s Economic Policy Network, Uganda (AWEPON)
- Strengthening the capacity of women to shape economic policy
- Raising Voices
- Preventing violence against women and children
- African Friends in Need Network (AFINNET)
- Uganda based Christian organisation working to promote rural community development initiatives
- Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
- Promotes the use of information and communication technologies by womens organisations and individuals in Uganda
