Forum for Women in Democracy Uganda

QUOTE OF THE WEEK 13th-17th May 2013 "I do not wish (WOMEN) to have power over men; but over themselves." -Mary Wollstonecraft   A woman in Busia (Uganda) rides some of her products to the market. Keeping in mind that it is not appropriate for women to ride bicycles in some Africa countries-if not all, because of some myths known to the long dead and gone, women in Busia, a district in Uganda, have taken charge and they do the taking care of the house hold, the garden, and the selling of what comes of it too. 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK 06th-10th May 2013 "Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its Women are Liberated, Enlightened, and Educated.                                                                    -Saddam Hussein

“ABOVE ALL, BE THE HEROINE OF YOUR LIFE, NOT THE VICTIM.”                                                                                                                                                              ...

"A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men."                                                                               -Gloria Steinem

By February 2012, Kasaala Village had one borehole which was serving more than 320 families. “In a dry season, women and girls who usually fetch water would take around 5 hours to get water. This used to put them at the risk of danger and many  would spend longer hours away from home”, says Mrs. Kivumbi Justine a VBC Member and Secretary. VBC Members during a Budget Planning Meeting At Kyegombwa P. S in Feb 2012   In February 2012, the Village Budget Clubs organized a participatory budget planning meeting with officials from Luweero Sub County to present their priority issues for inclusion in the district budget for the financial year 2012/2013. This participatory budget planning meeting was part of the Local government Budget Planning meeting that feeds into the Sub County and District Budget priorities. Constructing a second borehole was among the priority issues the community presented and after this meeting, the Community kept on following up with the...

(left - right): Solome Mukisa Founder Member, Solome Nakaweeso, Board Chair,  Winnie Byanyima Founder member, Benigna Mukiibi, Founder Member,  Patricia Munabi, FOWODE Exective Director and Lina Zedriga, FOWODE Board  Member,  at the launch of FOWODE’s new Strategic Plan FOWODE on 6th march 2013 launched her new strategic plan 2013-2017, in New York. The five-year Plan was launched by Winnie Byanyima who is also one of the founder members of FOWODE . The new Strategic Plan builds on the past successes and will help scale up and deepen FOWODE’s work of ensuring women’s voices are more audible and their capacity to access and control resources is enhanced. Its theory of change is to invest strategically in areas where power is exercised i.e. around money, voices and participation which will ultimately increase accountability towards omen centered economic and political processes. Describing it as a blueprint for growth and improvement, Solome Nakawe...

A coalition of Ugandan women MPs has backed a proposal in a Bill that makes it punishable for a spouse to force the other into sex without their consent.   The MPs’ position is, however, subject to how the Parliament will vote when debate on the Marriage and Divorce Bill resumes next week.   Addressing the press as one of the events to mark International Women’s Day, the legislators under the African Network of Women Parliamentarians and the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) said some spouses have died as a result of being forced into sex. But their support could stoke the controversy that has built up around proposed Clause 114(2) which a number of male MPs fear could be abused to frustrate men in relationships. The clause says a spouse has a right to deny his or her partner sex where forceful sex results into both criminal and civil liabilities. A spouse may deny the right to sexual intercourse on reasonable grounds which may include poor health, surgery...