women rights

Oxfam in Uganda and the Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) have today hosted the Women Leaders’ Colloquium.The meeting has brought together female government technocrats, elected leaders, Women’s Rights…

International Women’s Day is marked on 8 March. The day is celebrated across the world to recognise milestones made towards women empowerment and equality.While there is a lot to celebrate across the…

Before COVID-19, heavy and unequal care responsibilities were already trapping women in time and income poverty and locking them out of public and political life, with women providing 12.5 billion…

Oxfam in Uganda convened women economic empowerment actors including Ministry of Gender, School of Women and Gender studies, the private sector, international NGOs, regional NGOs and national NGOs.…

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanisms are driving inequality in the country according to a new land report launched today by Oxfam. Titled Locked out, the land and inequality…

Land is a very vital resource in production, to be able to grow more food in order to improve nutrition and raise incomes; women need equal access to land and production services.   Whereas…