Forum for Women in Democracy Uganda

Margaret shows off one of the granaries she now owns In Kuju Sub-County, Kuju Parish, Amuria district, we find Achan Margaret . A wife, mother and a farmer, Achan is one of the selected women that benefited from the food security sensitization and awareness meetings conducted by Forum for Women in Democracy back in July 2012. In a recent interview with her, Achan shared with us one of her major accomplishments which she attributes to this sensitization. Today she and her family worry less about the famine which often affects her community during the dry season and in addition, her family has registered a slight increase in their household income. In these sensitization and awarenessmeetings that Achan attended with other women from her village, she learnt about post-harvest handling, food storage and marketing. Achan practiced one of the lessons shared in these meetings, having previously used her hut as storage for seeds, Achan resolved to build granaries to im...

Women affected by the confiscation of an ambulance belonging to Matany Missionary Hospital in Napak district have joined a demonstration by health workers. About 200 women, with support from Forum for Women in Democracy, an NGO, on Friday joined the demonstration, demanding that the seized vehicle be returned.  Court bailiffs seized the ambulance after the hospital failed to pay Shs35 million in damages to a student wrongfully dismissed over alleged theft of drugs.  The women are appealing to government to intervene and have the ambulance returned. The protesters are also demanding that the Moroto Chief Magistrate, Mr Moses Katorogo Mutanzidwa, be replaced because as they say, he has failed to make them understand justice better. On August 1, court bailiffs confiscated the ambulance, which the hospital had been using to ferry patients from remote areas. Chief Magistrate Moses Mutazindwa Katorogo last month ruled that the hospital wing of Matany School of N...

A pregnant woman in Amuru District heads out with a friend for the Black Monday Dialogue FOWODE was holding in her community last Monday 5th August 2013.       

Members of Kisiita Community Monitoring Group attend a classroom meeting with pupils at Kisiita Primary School. They compelled the school head teacher to refund money they collected from each pupil after failing to show cause for it. PHOTO BY ISMAEL MUSA LADU By ISMAIL MUSA LADU Posted  Saturday, June 29   2013 at  01:00In Summary They have also helped reduce teacher and pupil absenteeism and cash misuse in schools, hospitals and district offices. Kibaale They entrusted their leaders for social welfare and order in the community but Kibaale residents were let down so many times they lost count. When they made a decision, it was to appoint community prefects that would ensure the public good. The 20-member team, all peasants, say they decided to take up the roles when it became evident that their community leaders were powerless or overwhelmed by societal ills. “Although we now like what we are doing, it is important to note that prevai...

Maternal health. Investigations reveal that a number of mothers in western Uganda are required to pay between Shs500 and Shs1, 000 for every antenatal visit, a thing that has seen many shun the services for traditional birth attendants, who are always willing to help them at no cost.   A health worker examines an expectant mother at a health facility in Moroto District. PHOTO BY Steven Ariong.  Kampala Only days ago, an expectant mother in Masindi District unexpectedly delivered a baby on the street, leaving dwellers of the small south-western town shocked. Had it not been for the swift hands of Good Samaritans, Generous Atuhaire’s safety and that of her baby girl, would have been badly compromised. Although she was taken to hospital shortly, the experience tells a tale of what most expectant mothers go through and the need for regular antenatal visits. According to Florence Adoch, a midwife at Masindi Hospital, such scenarios occur becau...