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
- Profile of the informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
- J. Xaba; P. Horn; S. Motala / International Labour Organization, 2002
- This report attempts to provide an analysis of available secondary data on the informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is based on a study covering 13 anglophone Sub-Saharan countries. The main findings from this study reveal...
- An analysis of the necessary framework for gender aware energy policy
- M. Feenstra / Women of Uganda Network, 2002
- This report develops and defines the main characteristics of gender-aware national energy policy and analysing under which conditions such a policy can be realised. The paper asks: what are the characteristics of a gender-aware energy...
- Synthesis of a symposium bringing nutrition and HIV/AIDS workers together
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
- This is a policy paper based on a symposium held in 2001. It transcribes the speeches made and the discussions that followed them. Speakers talked about nutritional impacts of HIV/AIDS nutrition and care progra...
- Communications capacity building for African women's NGOs
- Pacific Institute for Women's Health, 2002
- This document reports on the findings of a 3 year program designed to strengthen the ability of women’s NGOs in Africa to communicate more effectively. The initiative assisted these groups in using traditional media (posters and ...
- Limitations, constraints and the inclusion of women's rights in the Ugandan constitution-making process
- J. Oloka-Onyango / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- The issue of human rights was prominent in the constitution-making exercise in which Ugandans engaged over the six year period from the 1989 to 1995. The role of civil society actors albeit only indirect, was critical to the constitut...
- Affirmative action and education for womem in Uganda
- M. Nalzirunda / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- Action for Development (ACFODE) was created as an indigenous action-oriented NGO, to stimulate, energise and catalyse action on women's issues and improve their status in Uganda. The role of ACFODE in claiming gender equality and wome...
- Are ICT-based resources relevant to poorly educated rural women?
- R. Mijumbi / United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2002
- The paper analyses a project that aimed to make Ugandan 'Telecentres' more relevant to rural women there. It had been found that these resources were under used because of lack of literacy, gender roles at home and lack of suitable co...
- Selected research from BRIDGE: gender, conflict, participation and PRSPs
- BRIDGE, 2001
- This issue traces synergies and tensions between gender and participation in development practice. The lead article reminds development practitioners that institutions need to mainstream gender-aware and participatory approaches into ...
- Increasing women's participation in poverty reduction and household income
- J. Mackinnon; R. Reinikka / World Bank, 2001
- Using household data specifically collected for the purpose of evaluation, this paper evaluates the impact on household income of a rural program in China that focuses on increasing women's economic and social participation in the loc...
- 'The rich are just like us only richer?: poverty functions or consumption functions?
- Simon Appleton / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1995
- The concept of a poverty function is introduced, modelling the shortfall of household consumption from the poverty line as a function of reduced form determinants such as human capital and land holdings. The model is estimated using a...
- 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
