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Today, we concluded the Male Action Groups (MAGs) training to equip men with knowledge and skills to challenge harmful gender norms, address gender-based violence, and promote women's economic empowerment. The training brought together male champions from Lwengo, Butambala, Masaka, Masaka City, Kyotera, Rakai, Lyantonde, Kalangala, Kalungu, Bukomansimbi, Mpigi and Gomba districts.
As they return to their communities, these male champions will become change agents for shared responsibility, supporting women's participation in decision-making and challenging practices that limit women's rights and opportunities.
#UWONET #GROWProject #GenderEquality #WomensEconomicEmpowerment #MaleEngagement #PositiveMasculinity #EndGBV #SharedResponsibility #CommunityChange
Supporting and voting till it comes home 🥰
Fellow Ugandans, why aren’t we talking about this lady enough? 👀
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has been nominated as a CNN Hero, and she’s now among the TOP 5! 🇺🇬
Yes, a Ugandan is among the top five CNN Heroes, and we have an opportunity to bring this recognition home!
For those who don’t know, Dr. Gladys is Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian. Through her work, she has dedicated her life to wildlife conservation, protecting mountain gorillas and putting Uganda on the global map.
She’s also consistently featured on major international media platforms, telling Uganda’s conservation story and promoting our tourism.
Honestly, if we are looking for a person to appoint as Uganda’s Tourism and Conservation Ambassador, her name deserves to be in that conversation.
But first, let’s get her this CNN Heroes award!
Ugandans, let’s show up! You have 10 times a day.
Vote here: cnn.com/world/heroes/vote
Let’s bring this one home! 🇺🇬
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"What makes you a man? What does it mean to be a man?" Hassan Sekajoolo of @MenEngageUganda challenges men to reflect on their understanding of masculinity, patriarchy, their leadership, and how their actions affect their homes and communities.
He emphasised the need to challenge harmful patriarchal practices and embrace leadership that promotes equality, respect and shared responsibility.
Hassan also called on men to share decision-making power in homes and society, ensuring that women have an equal voice in decisions that affect their lives, families and communities.
#GenderEquality #MaleEngagement #PositiveMasculinity #WomenEmpowerment #GrowProject #UWONET
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Last week, UWONET held a five-day Regional Exchange and Learning Circle facilitated by Partners for Research and Innovation (PRI), a Bujumbura-based consultancy.
Discussions highlighted the need to strengthen institutional capacity, build internal cohesion, and develop a feminist charter. Participants also called for co-created funding approaches, physical and digital safety training, and a solidarity protocol to support organisations and partners.
These reflections will help strengthen regional collaboration and shape collective advocacy.
#FeministLeadership #RegionalSolidarity #WomensRights #UWONET
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Access to justice is essential to protecting rights and promoting equality.
The SAFER Project will strengthen justice, health, and local community structures, uphold accountability, improve access to justice, reduce case backlogs and explore alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
Through the ministry of justice, the government has committed to supporting the project’s objectives, including improved access to justice, accountability and sustainable collaboration.
#SAFERproject #AccessToJustice #EndGBV
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@GovUganda is this afternoon formalising a partnership with @UNFPAUganda and the Austrian Development Agency to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to justice, gender equality and the prevention of gender-based violence.
The Sexual and Reproductive Health, Access to Justice, Freedom, Equality and Rights (SAFER) project will be implemented across the Karamoja, Acholi and Lango sub-regions.
UWONET is excited to be part of this important initiative, which seeks to strengthen access to essential services, promote gender equality and enhance prevention and response mechanisms for gender-based violence, for women, adolescents and other vulnerable groups
#SAFERProject #GenderEquality #SRHR
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On Tuesday, UWONET convened an orientation for the #SAYPlus+ project team, bringing together project staff and representatives from partner organisations: Kayum Women Against AIDS, Ateker Women Alliance Forum, Ssubi Women’s Development Center, and Action for Women in Awakening in Rural Environment Uganda.
The orientation focused on the project’s goals, objectives, and implementation framework, aligning partners around a shared approach to strengthening adolescent and youth empowerment in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) across the Karamoja and Bukedi sub-regions.
With funding from @UNFPAUganda, @Sweden, and together with our partners, we are working collaboratively to empower adolescents and young people to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
#SAYPlus #SRHR #YouthEmpowerment #Partnerships #UWONET
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Today, I proudly graduate with a Degree in International Oil and Gas Management from @VUKampala Grateful for the journey and excited for what lies ahead! ✨
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Day 1 | Feminist Leadership Training
UWONET, with support from @medicamondiale , has convened women’s rights representatives from across the Great Lakes Region in Kampala to strengthen feminist leadership, regional solidarity and collective action.
Today’s reflections explore leadership journeys, power, patriarchy and resilience, laying the foundation for more inclusive, accountable and transformative feminist leadership. #FeministLeadership
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We are participating! 📢
The Annual Review of the 10th Country Programme has provided an opportunity to assess progress, reflect on lessons learned, address implementation challenges, and shape priorities and plans for 2027. #AnnualReview @UNFPAUganda
Today, @UNFPAUganda & @NPA_UG are co-hosting the 10th Country Programme Annual Review & Planning Meeting. Together with MDAs, district leaders & development partners, we are evaluating progress& aligning our CPD10 priorities with Uganda’s NDPIV & Human Capital Development Agenda.
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Knowledge-sharing that drives change!
Through the #KNOWLYMPICS, UWONET secured the 2nd place winning €750 for documenting our experience in engaging male-dominated informal justice structures to advance women’s land rights in Northern Uganda.
👏 Special thanks to Pereth for leading this write-up, and to @H3000EastAfrica for the partnership and support that made this learning possible.
🔗 horizont3000.org/en/projects…
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When cases are complex, vulnerable women face additional barriers if community justice actors lack clear pathways for referral and collaboration with formal justice institutions.
UWONET, in collaboration with district local governments, strengthened this link through mentorship of informal justice actors in Nwoya. The Chief Magistrate guided leaders on complex cases, referrals and follow-up, reinforcing gender-responsive handling of cases.
The engagements have strengthened the coordination between community and formal justice actors to help women access appropriate support when they need it. @ADCinUganda
#GenderJustice #WomenAccessToJustice
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Sustainable access to safe water requires collective action. In Lamwo, Water User Committees mobilised communities to protect water points, enforce by-laws, improved hygiene and addressing conflicts around shared water sources.
From introducing waste disposal points to strengthening maintenance systems, communities are putting practical solutions into action while calling for more water points, stronger local government support and continued mentorship.
#WaterForAll #Accountability #WomensRights @ADCinUganda @RitaAciro @npereth123
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Water User Committees are strengthening community ownership of water sources through better accountability, record keeping and maintenance.
Since UWONET’s trainings, committees have shifted from individually holding user fees to using transparent systems, including treasurer-managed funds and SACCO accounts, to support repairs and maintenance.
#WaterForAll #Accountability #WomensRights
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UWONET engaged Water User Committees in Lamwo District to reflect on protecting and maintaining community water sources. 💧
Together with local government actors, members shared experiences, challenges and practical actions to strengthen access to safe, reliable water services. Long distances to water sources remain a challenge to women and girls who are often responsible for collecting water.
#WaterForAll #Lamwo #CommunityAction
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🕊️ International Day of Peace | 21 September
Today, UWONET joins the @UN and communities worldwide to reaffirm the ideals of peace and work towards a more equitable and peaceful world.
Women, especially women peacebuilders, are at the heart of sustainable peace. Through Women, Peace and Security (WPS), women are leading conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue and community recovery, transforming communities and advancing inclusive peace.
Investing in women's leadership is investing in lasting peace. There can be no sustainable peace without women's meaningful participation. ✊🏾🕊️
#InternationalDayOfPeace #WomenPeaceSecurity #WPS #Peacebuilding
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Govt warns Ugandans to vacate disaster-prone areas ahead of El Niño rains.
The rains are expected to trigger flash floods, severe storms, landslides, waterlogging, damage to infrastructure and disease outbreaks links.monitor.co.ug/mEJdCe #MonitorUpdates
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We hosted colleagues from @CEDOVIPuganda , Raising Voices and three representatives from the Pamodzi Kuthetsa Nkhanza (PKN) Programme in Malawi for a peer-learning exchange on movement building, national-level advocacy and influencing.
As part of the #WW2 consortium, PKN is one of the flagship programmes working to prevent violence against women.
Stronger movements. Shared learning. Collective action. ✊🏾
#EndVAWG #GenderEquality #MovementBuilding
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Mwenda, sit down. You do not get to lecture a kingdom about “who a king can sleep with” while dragging unnamed women through the mud as prostitutes and housemaids.
A woman who bears a king’s child is a mother. Full stop. Not a street statistic for you to use as a punchline while you play kingmaker from Kampala.
You said “this is not to suggest that Oyo did any of this” then why say it at all? You said it because you wanted the insult to land. You wanted people to picture the late king with a “prostitute” so you could disqualify a child you have never even seen. That is cheap. That is classist. That is misogynistic. And it is cowardly.
If succession has rules, state the rules. If there is a will, produce the will. If the mother must be known, demand her name and clan like an adult. Do not hide behind “prostitute on the street” to do the dirty work of a succession fight.
You have spent years talking about culture. Culture does not require you to spit on women to make a point. 😡
Leave the dead king. Leave the child’s mother. Argue the custom without turning women into slurs. 📌
I have been compelled by the statement of the Queen Mother (QM), Best Kemigisa, to clarify on succession in Toro. The QM says that I announced a decision of a “self appointed group of clan members”. This is a gross insult to our kingdom and its cultural institutions.
King Oyo died on August 26th, 2026. As per our customs, a general meeting of the babiito clan (the royal clan of Toro Kingdom) was held at the palace (Karuziika) in Fort Portal City on August 28, 2026 to decide the future of the kingdom. More than 100 babiito (princes and princesses) attended. These selected a team of 21 members to form the Royal Succession Committee headed by musuuga (Prince Regent or caretaker).
The committee began its work on August 31st, 2026. Its aim was to find a new king. Please note, that up to the time of Oyo’s death, there had never been any official or even informal communication to the babiito that King Oyo had sired a child, leave alone a son. In the meeting, four candidates were presented:
1- George Desmond Kamurasi, son of Prince Jimmy Mugenyi
2- A purported son Oyo, initially called Jacob Oyo and later changed to Jackson Oyo
3- George David Kamurasi, son of Prince Kato Rukidi
4- Edward Rukiidi Kijanangoma, son of Prince Kijanangoma
Oyo’s purported son was presented to the committee by Patrick Kawamara, brother of the QM. Kawamara had been put on the committee to represent the interests of the QM (otherwise called Nyina omukama owempeeka).
Kawamara was asked to produce a photo of the purported son of Oyo and he could not. The committee asked for the clan of the mother and Kawamara said she is a muhinda. The committee asked for her family in Toro and he declined to disclose it. Non of the relatives on Oyo’s paternal side (ababiito) had ever heard of the existence of this purported son.
Now the committee had gotten two different names for the purported son, there was no photo of him yet all other candidates had to be represented with photos of them. The committee found this dubious and decided to remove Oyo’s purported son from the list of considerations.
After four days of deliberations, a vote was taken by secret ballot. George Kamurasi got 15 votes. The other candidates got one vote each. I personally informed Kamurasi of this selection. He did not decline the throne as alleged on social media. He asked for time to consult his wife and business partners in London. But the kingdom was time barred and decided on the next suitable candidate who was announced last evening.
On Tuesday September 8th, 2026, a meeting was held at the palace that brought together the QM and the Babiito. In attendance were Msgr Mayombo, Fr Oyo, Charles Kamurasi (musuuga), her brothers, Patrick Kawamara, Misaki Kawamara, Mujaguzi, then another brother, plus her young sister.
In that meeting, the QM said she was not going to disclose anything about Oyo’s purported son until the reading of his will. Yesterday the lawyer read the will to the same group. This time Ruth Komuntale, Oyo’s sister and Batebe to the kingdom, and princess Margaret Komubaizi (mukajoyi) attended.
In the will, written on September 14, 2022, there is only a hypothetical heir. But most importantly, in Toro, it is not automatic that a king’s son becomes heir to the throne. He would have to have been born to a Mutoro queen officially married to the king (omugowekitebe). A king cannot sleep with a prostitute on the street or a house maid, produce a son and it is hoisted onto the throne. This is not to suggest that Oyo did any of this. It is simply to say that he was not officially married, and if he left a son, Toro needs to know the mother and her background.
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This is online gender-based violence. Women have every right to access and participate in online spaces. Social media is critical infrastructure for business networking, social capital, learning, and representation. Driving women off these platforms violates their rights, distorts public perception by silencing their voices, and reinforces misrepresentation.
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