On 9th October 2020, Uganda celebrated its 58th independence, marking yet another error of a political dispensation of continued sovereignty. Behind the imaginations of the architects of independence was a promise to attain independence from colonial rule and be a self-governing state that could determine its own destiny. Galvanizing voices of unity through political...

On the International Day of the Girl (11 October), we join UN Women to celebrate girls everywhere as they inspire, break boundaries and take charge of their own future. In 1995, the fourth World Conference on Women made history for the women’s rights agenda with the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,...

On 2nd August 2020, Uganda woke up to the sad news of the regrettable passing of Ms. Violet Kakai (RIP) who was hacked to death by her estranged husband. Many more other women in various parts of Uganda have been victims of domestic violence at the hands of loved ones both physically and emotionally. The number...

The global pandemic of COVID-19 is a wreaking havoc on a wide array of health, economic, social and personal decisions. However, what may be lost in the chaos - among other effects and dangers - is the specific impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights, both for people in Uganda and around the...

In the modern era, cross-border movements have become very common with hundreds of people moving daily from one country to another. These individual and group movements have occurred for centuries for a variety of reasons. For instance, some left their home countries in search for better living conditions whereas others fled from persecution within...

The concept of poverty has dominated the agenda of international development discourses for the last three decades. Undoubtedly, poverty has become a development challenge which is seen as a rich world of one billion fighting for a poor world of five billion people. Indeed, the world has been so passionate about bringing to an...

For years, Uganda has demonstrated commitment to gender equality through legal and constitutional means. This is in addition to various national policy and strategy documents. The most notable of these is the Women and Gender Development Policy of 2000and the National Strategy for Gender Development of 2008. Additionally, the National Gender Policy of 1997 was revised in 2007. Other...

Upon recognizing that youth lack employable skills that are relevant in the current job market, government in 2008 embarked on Business, Technical and Vocational Training (BTVET) to train and educate all individuals in need of relevant skills that would raise their productivity and income. The Uganda National Labour Force Survey (UNLFS) 2016/17 revealed that...