16 days of activism

Wilson Senyonyi – Gender and Protection Coordinator – Oxfam in Uganda

Addressing Menstrual Hygiene Management and Digital Violence against Women and Girls

Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) is essential to the well-being and empowerment of women and adolescent girls.Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) presents a significant challenge for women and girls…

The Assault of Austerity

Our economic systems are racist and sexist: they put the needs and lives of women as the lowest priority, particularly where they’re also from other marginalised groups. On top of the pandemic and…

Oxfam staff pose for a photo wearing "Stop violence against women and girls'' t-shirts

Oxfam in Uganda Newsletter: December 2021

The 16 days of activism is a global campaign that has made 30 years this year. We recognize the efforts that have been put into ending GBV and hope that one day, no woman or girl has to experience…

Defending Women's Rights At All Costs

Elizabeth Ashamu Deng, Oxfam’s South Sudan Regional Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, spoke with Susan Grace Duku, the women’s representative to the highest refugee leadership body in Rhino Settlement…

Peace endorses the 16 days of Activism call to end gender based violence in Rhinocamp settlement

Time to redraw the balance to end gender based violence in emergencies

Peace Immaculate Chandini

Due to the gender-structured, unequal roles of women and men, disasters and crises impact women, men, girls, and boys in radically different ways. The change in social, cultural, and political…

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