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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
According to Veronique Lorenzo, Head of Unit EuropeAid- European Commission all we have to do is educate women to secondary school level. Let me start from the beginning. A few days a go I stumbled upon this tweet and my … Read More
