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Over 80 community leaders and activists have benefited from a weeklong Sasa! Together training that took place in Bundibugyo district. The training now at the Awareness phase aims at deepening the analysis of men’s power over women and the community’s silence about it. At this phase, community members are expected to start questioning the way things are done and challenge them to think whether they should remain that way. The head of End of Violence Against Women Prevention and Sasa! Together team leader Rhonah Babweetera says, “Community activists and community... Read More

There is a wave of change sweeping across Bundibugyo leadership that is making deliberate decisions to change the status quo and phase out some undesirable cultural practices and norms in their society. This leadership has had the privilege to attend the SASA! Together trainings that kicked off in 2019. The sessions carried out by UGANET team of End Violence Against Women Prevention are now at the awareness stage of the trainings. Bundibugyo is a district located in the far western part of Uganda. Like most African cultures, the district has... Read More

Research shows that children are abused by people well known to them, mostly from their immediate family members or even trusted neighbors and friends. A national news daily recently run a headline, indicating how over 200 children had been defiled by their fathers since the outbreak of COVID-19. Christine Amalingat’s children were at risk of the same. The tough mother Amalingat was had pushed her little ones away from her. She believed the best way to discipline children was to beat them up, and make them submit to her authority,... Read More

International Rescue Committee has donated household items to the rising Woman Shelter and Wellness Center that will be used in the day to day running of the facility. The items include, 6 mattresses, bed sheets, blankets, plates, cups, boxes of washing soap and among others. The items were handed over to UGANET Executive Director by International Rescue Committee IRC, Women Protection and Empowerment Response Officer Bridget Onubia, at the Shelter home whose location is confidential for the safety of Gender Based Violence GBV survivors. “On behalf of UGANET and the... Read More