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Breaking Barriers and Championing Male Engagement in Unpaid Care Work in Nakawa Division Uganda.

In the bustling streets of Kampala, where life whirls around in a constant state of motion, a group of boda boda riders (public motorbike transport in Uganda) stand out not just for their skills on…

Programme that tackles unpaid care and domestic work closes learning meeting in Kampala

More than 40 representatives from the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program met in Kampala, Uganda, from August 1 to 5, to reflect on the challenges and successes of its unpaid care…

WE-CARE STORIES

Enjoy the latest issue of the WE-Care Stories 2020-3 Quarterly Newsletter of the WE-Care Programme compiled by the WE-Care Comms team.The piece features our advocacy work on the recognition of…

Generations of Work Without Pay

28/08/2018. Kampala, Uganda –Oxfam and partner Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) has today launched a report showing the ways in which the unpaid care and domestic workload on women keeps them poor and…

Alur Florence fetches water as her husband does other chores at home. photo credit Julius Kasujja/Oxfam

Gender Roles and the Care Economy in Ugandan Households

This report examines the distribution of unpaid care and domestic work in households in the Ugandan districts of Kaabong, Kabale and Kampala. It seeks to understand the connection between social…

Transforming Care After Conflict How gendered care relations are being redefined in northern Uganda

Transforming Care After Conflict: How gendered care relations are being redefined in northern Uganda

Northern Uganda has suffered from chronic food shortages and high levels of poverty, political insecurity and adverse environmental conditions. Women can be particularly disadvantaged, constrained by…

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