Forum for Women in Democracy Uganda

As 2016 draws close, concerned Ugandan citizens are well aware that they must play their part in deciding the future of their country, hence, free and fair consultative meetings in all regions across the country. Forum for Women in Democracy spearheaded the Bukedi regional forum that is part of the ongoing regional campaigns and consultative meetings across the 15 sub- regions of this country. This Forum was organized in partnership with the NGO forum and PACONET, took place on the 23 rd and 24 th September 2014. Over 200 delegates attended the meeting from diverse backgrounds and spheres. Representatives from political parties, some district speakers, representatives from the academia, youth and women representatives, media practitioners and reporters were some of the groups present at the forum. Two district chairpersons; a member of parliament and an RDC from one of the districts were also other district leaders present at the forum. As the meeting...

Convinced that the tax on kerosene would be a burden to the low ncome earners in the country especially the women that bare the face of poverty, Forum for Women in Democracy embarked on a country wide campaign to have this tax scrapped. Lina Zedriga and Sophie Kyagulanyi preparing to hand over the petition to parliament The response was overwhelming; out of the 17,000 signatures FOWODE targeted, 27,572 were collected physically and online with participation from people around the world supporting this cause. "It is so important to me to object the tax on kerosene because first I grew up from the village and used to kerosene/paraffin to revise books in the night so I know the impact this tax would cause on the children in rural areas, secondly most of my family members rely on kerosene for lighting and above all I am a concerned citizen of Uganda who minds about the vulnerable groups of people therefore I cant allow the tax on kerosene as this would be complete manip...

Undoubtedly, if you want to make a difference in any community, one must recognize the potential of the young people. 77% of Uganda’s population is under the age of 35. Having recognized this truth, Forum for Women in Democracy decided to engage University students.   At Kampala International University the students were engaged in a dialogue themed ‘Unlocking People’s Potential for Sustainable Development through collective Investment’. The dialogue that was aimed at enhancing youth capacities to focus on developmental innovations and ideas that will lead to community transformation. Leonard Okello, the Head of Uhuru Institute in his keynote address urged students to use their power at the youthful age to cause change that the country so hungers for. This age group has the advantages of numbers, intelligence, innovativeness, a bright future and memory scan that can easily exploit the environment of technology, globalization, mineral, arable land and fresh waters...

The cross learning visit to Kenya of the FOWODE women farmers from Amuru, Amuria and Napak in the last week of August was one to reckon.   Their expectations were high as they set off to visit small-scale farmers in Kenya in partnership with Diakonia under the flow project.  Kezia Wangechi Kamangu’s farm in Kikuyu sub-county was their very first stop, from the outer look, the farm was not that impressive because she had used only materials in her environment to build shelter for the chicken, when Kezia revealed to the farmers that she actually earned 7000 ksh every month from her ½ acre farm, the farmers were blown away, their minds started thinking of how they can use their vast land back at home to generate more income. She also revealed to them that the government of Kenya through Kenya Agriculture Research Institute (KARI) bred poultry that are resistant to disease and rough climatic changes and most importantly, the Kenyan women farmers are not looking to ...