ACFODE's Mission:
To promote women's empowerment, gender equality and equity in Uganda through spearheading advocacy and networking efforts to create an enabling environmenet as well as increasing the capacities of women in local communities to manage their own activities in addition to standing up for their rights.

1. Education and Capacity Building for women and girls
2. Effective participation of women in Leadership, Politics and Decision-Making
3. Consultancy services on gender & advocacy. ACFODE has over the years built expertise in training and providing advisory services in gender analysis, gender election monitoring, gender advocacy and gender mainstreaming. ACFODE offers this expertise for a fee so as to move towards greater self-sufficiency and sustainability
4. Institutional building & Maintenance. Programs and actvities under this area are geared towards building and strengthening ACFODE as a gender advocacy organisation.

ACFODE's Programmes
The programmes are derived from the above focal areas:

• Advocacy for the formulation and implementation of gender sensitive educational policies and institutions
• Advocacy for Women and Girls' Legal & Human Rights and Civic Education. The newest sub-program here is combating defilement, rape and sexual harassment in schools and communities in Uganda
• Advocacy for gender sensitive economic policies and micro finance institutions' (MFI) including their related services, and gender responsive budgeting
• Advocacy for increased women's access to, effective participation, retention, and strategic positioning in leadership and decision-making positions. Sub-programs under this area include: election monitoring from a gender perspetive; policy analysis and advocacy; leadership training for women leaders; gender budgeting in the national and local council processes; advocacy for the operationalisation of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in Uganda
• Advocacy for women and girls' access to strategic information and communication technologies (ICTs) and for positive portrayal of women in the media.

• Lobbying and Advocacy
• Training and Capacity Building
• Information Dissemination and Sensitisation Campaigns
• Networking and Community Mobilisation

• Uganda Women's Network (UWONET)
• Uganda Land Alliance (ULA)
• Uganda Rural Development Training (URDT)
• Human Rights Network (HURINET)

ACFODE was formed in November 1985. The formation of ACFODE was stimulated by the United Nations Third World Conference on Women held in Nairobi in July 1985. The issues raised in this conference, necessitated a need for an organised forum, that would formally provide a platform for effective debate and action on issues related to the advancement of women in Uganda; the enhancement of their status, and to increase their involvement in the national development process.

2006 Membership Drive
ACFODE is also calling on all its old and new prospective members both male and female to register and re-register immediately. In November 2005, ACFODE celebrated its 20th Anniversary at which time its membership stood at 300. The purpose of registration is to streamline and update its membership databank, help prepare for May 2006 Board elections and re-focus its activities. Individuals intending to register should contact the Executive Director on telephone number 041- 531812 or on Box number 16729, Kampala, or email acfode@starcom.co.ug or visit ACFODE offices at ACFODE House-Bukoto in person, for details. Registration runs from 6-20 February 2006.
ACFODE shall have an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting on 1st March 2006 at 2:00pm at ACFODE House Bukoto. The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the Board elections in April. All ACFODE members are informed to attend this meeting.