Forum for Women in Democracy Uganda

“Although progress has been made by Governments across Africa towards the improvement of gender equality planning and programming, there continues to be critical challenges to fulfilling commitments and obligations to gender equality and women’s empowerment within the region”, Hon. Boya Gariba , Deputy Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs in Ghana observed. This was during the opening of the 3 day UN Women Symposium on Women held in Ghana that was attended by Ministers of Gender and Finance from the West African Sub Region, civil society organisations, academicians the private sector and development partners from different parts of Africa. The Symposium held under the theme” Sustaining responses on gender equality”, was in line with the African Women’s Decade launched in 2010, it enabled the different countries to debate and recommend concrete steps for redressing gender inequality and to renew institutional commitments to raising the gender equality agenda in the overall aid

Mbaziira Musa is the elected party representative  having defeated bigwigs in the party primaries for the  NRM Candidate to stand as Councilor for Rubaga  Municipality in the 2011 elections. He had no money  for campaigns but he attributes his election success  to people and to the support acquired from Forum for  Women in Democracy (FOWODE). 2011  During the elections, the support I received from FOWODE really made me an exceptional man among the fellow youths in my region and the country as whole. I underwent training and I received support to print posters, and handbills, which I distributed in Rubaga. The posters made me popular among the people who did not know me. Furthermore, the trainings offered to me cultivated in me the spirit of boldness, strength, enthusiasm, and confidence that made me indeed a charismatic man with a devoted heart and emotions to stand and contest without accepting any form of intimidations from the opponents.  I started mobilizin