| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 9063, Kampala, Uganda |
| Street Address |
Plot 4384 Kiwafu road, Kansanga |
| Tel |
256-41-269477/269507 |
| Fax |
256-41-269469 |
| E-mail |
info@ceewauganda.org
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| Web Address |
http://www.ceewauganda.org |
| Year Established |
1995 |
| Contacts |
Ms. Goretti Karuhanga, Coordinator |
| Mission |
To promote the economic empowerment of women in the development process through advocacy, training, research, documentation and information dissemination.
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| Geographical area of operations |
Nationwide |
| Issues area of operations |
Women's Economic Empowerment |
| Activities |
- Women and Economic decision-making: Aimed at increasing Women's participation in Economic Decision Making
- Women and Agriculture: Aimed at increasing Access to Gender Responsive Agricultural Advisory Services
- Women and Finance: Aimed at Engendering Credit Service delivery
- Women and Entrepreneurship Development: Aimed at increasing Rural Women's Access and Application of ICTs for Entrepreneurship Development
- CEEWA-U with support from International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with developing Countries (Hivos) is implementing an Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) Project to promote Community Economic Empowerment. Click here for an overview of the ICTs project.
- CEEWA WIRES (Women's Information Resource Electronic Service) is an initiative started in 1999. It is an Internet-based Information Resource Centre designed to provide relevant business information to women in Uganda with the end goal of empowering the small-scale entrepreneurs in Uganda. WIRES applies the power of technology through the use of databases for analysis/storage and the Internet for market research. The information is structured into animal rearing, crop growing, trade, women's groups and trade support organizations. Each of these segments has been extensively researched and vast information is available in terms of inputs, best practices, market prices, support organizations and the type of support they give, etc.
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| Affiliation(s) |
National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU), Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA), Uganda Women's Network (UWONET), Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), and Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) |
| Dissemination |
Newsletter, Study reports, Program Brochures, Gender Dessegregated leaflets in the area of microfinance and agriculture
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| Target Audience |
Women, Economic policy makers and implementors and stakeholders in sectors of microfinance and agriculture
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| Additional Information |
CEEWA is a regional organisation with chapters in Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Senegal, Burkinafaso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa.
CEEWA-U's Goal: To increase the level of women's access to and control over economic resources namely: credit, land, agricultural extension and information.
CEEWA-U's focus is limited to addressing the following gender concerns:
- Inappropriate microfinance delivery methodologies
- Inadequate participation of women and civil society in economic decision making
- Inadequate and inappropriate agricultural extension services
- Lack of awareness, limited use & application of ICTs for enterprise development
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