What constitutes impactful investment in women?
posted in: African women, International Women's Day
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Uganda: There is no money for sanitary pads
posted in: African women, Development Policy
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At a political rally of November 2015, the then Presidential Yoweri Museveni of Uganda promised to provide free sanitary pads to schoolgirls if elected. He argued that girls should not have to miss school because they cannot access sanitary pads. … Read More
How do we manage periods when the topic is still a taboo?
posted in: African women, Uganda
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A week before celebrating Menstrual Hygiene Day 2016, three young women from Itojo sub-county graduated from the Days for Girls University, a 2-week residential course to learn how to make washable sanitary pads and soap, become women’s reproductive health ambassadors … Read More
Menstrual Hygiene in rural Uganda
posted in: African women, Sustainable development, Uganda
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have come to an end and world leaders met in New York two months ago to hail in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will replace them in January 2016. There is a specific goal … Read More
International Women’s Day
posted in: African women, Development Policy
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In 2007, I took a decision to be more proactive with respect to addressing issues that impact rural women in country of origin in Ugandan. Following that decision, I have been down on a humbling journey that has seen me … Read More
Access to Sanitation
posted in: African women, Poverty in Africa
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Having access to a toilet is something that we in the West take for granted but the lack of access to sanitation including a toilet has implications for at least 2.6 Billion people in the developing world as Mark Tran explains in The … Read More
African women- roles and challenges
posted in: 30 Day Blogging, African women
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The Roles I have spent today reflecting on the role of African women within African societies as well as the challenges that we have to overcome. I thought about the strong and hardworking African women in my life. … Read More
Should emotional abuse be criminalised?
posted in: 30 Day Blogging, African women
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Last week Theresa May the UK’s Home Office boss announced a consultation on whether the law on domestic violence should be strengthened and in particular whether psychological abuse should be criminalised. In this post I consider implications opinions on this … Read More
Post 2015 Development Agenda: Access to jobs
posted in: 30 Day Blogging, African women, Development Policy, Sustainable development
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As we get closer to the 2015 deadline, the debate about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is no longer about whether the goals will be met but instead what will replace them. The debates about what the new development agenda … Read More
Why sanitation matters to girls
posted in: African women
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Having access to a toilet is something that we in the West take for granted but the lack of access to sanitation including a toilet has implications for at least 2.6 Billion folk in the developing world as Mark Tran explains … Read More