CEWIGO Celebrates International Women’s Day With Refugee Women & Men

The Centre for Women in Governance (CEWIGO) in partnership with UNHCR and Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) are pleased to share with you the joy of celebrating the 2019 International Women’s day (IWD) with refugees.   The celebrations were hosted by Jesuit Refugee Services and presided over Ms. Noreen Nampewo from CEWIGO as the chief guest. The …

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National Consultative meeting on strategies for strengthening women’s leadership in Uganda

CEWIGO conducted a National Consultative meeting on strategies for strengthening women’s leadership and participation in the scientific elections on 25th August 2020 at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala. The meeting was well attended by different stakeholders including representatives from like-minded CSOs, the Electoral Commission spokesperson, journalists, women candidates, women activists, CEWIGO Board members and staff. Among …

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CEWIGO gets accredited to observe the 2020/21 General Elections

CEWIGO is pleased to inform its stakeholders that it is one of the Civil Society Organizations approved by the Electoral Commission to observe all the activities related to the 2020/21 General elections. With support from the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), CEWIGO will identify and train community-based facilitators who will spearhead voter education and monitoring of …

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How Mayaabo’s Story is Helping Promote Women’s Participation in Elections

CEWIGO’s Community Gender Advocacy Groups transforming Gender Stereotypes to promote women’s participation in the 2021 Elections in Uganda: Mr. Mayaabo Eliasaf’s story Mr. Mayaabo Eliasaf , is a resident of Kakoma ward, Kakiika division in Mbarara city. For the past 20 years, he has served as the LC II Chairperson of Kakoma ward; a post …

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CEWIGO Takes the Discourse On Enhancing Women’s Participation In Politics To The Communities

“For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and elect but to be elected”, Michelle Bachelet – former President of Chile. Uganda still faces inequitable participation of women in political leadership and decision making processes. According to a UNDP Report published in 2011, the Government …

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Women’s Leadership and Achievement of Development Targets

Unequal participation in politics and decision making processes could be one of the reasons why Uganda may not attain the middle income status by 2020 Background Uganda is a party to various international, regional and sub-regional legal frameworks on women’s participation in leadership and decision making. Key among these include the Universal Declaration of Human …

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Why the Fight Against FGM in Sebei should be Strengthened

Women too should be protected against FGM Despite the existence of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act (2010), both women and girls in the whole of Sebei sub region are being subjected to FGM. The continued practice is being attributed to the lack of protection from stigma and discrimination of women and girls that have not undergone …

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The Linkage Between Women’s Leadership and Sustainable Development

The linkage between Women’s Leadership and Sustainable Development Leadership is the art of motivating an individual or group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. For women, being active in the process of leadership is especially important, as women’s life experiences, needs, issues and priorities are not the same as men’s. According to Uganda …

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