Masanafu Women in Development Agency (MWODEA)

Postal Address	P.O. Box 29518, Kampala, Uganda
Street Address	Lusaze – Sentema Road, off Nabulagala Road (adjacent to Mapeera – Nabulagala Catholic Church), Kampala
Tel	256-(0)77-466276/420645, 256-(0)41-541912
Fax	-
E-mail	masanafu@yahoo.co.uk
Web Address	-
Year Established	2000
Contacts	Mrs. Frances Joannes Massai, Program Coordinator – 256(0)77-466276 Mrs. Agnes Lutaaya, Chairperson – 256(0)77-420645
Mission	MWODEA's mission is to enhance gender equality and social justice through advocacy, networking and capacity building.
Geographical area of operations	Kampala District, Rubaga North Division in Lubya Parish
Issues area of operations	MWODEA's objectives are: To promote gender awareness and advocacy programs for observance of women human rights and redress of domestic violence. To increase awareness on reproductive rights and sexually transmitted diseases with major emphasis to HIV/AIDS at community level as an impediment to women's social and economic development To increase the economic independence of poor women through income-generating activities to reduce on their vulnerability. To promote food security, development and conserve the environment by practicing sustainable urban agriculture. To solicit for support both financially and materially from the different potential stakeholders to justify our cause.
Activities	MWODEA's activities include: Awareness creation Sustainable Urban agriculture Women human rights Domestic violence Reproductive rights and family planning HIV/AIDS and STDs Women and girl child education Implementation of economic activities Crop husbandry Animal husbandry Making school uniforms Running a school canteen Information dissemination to members and the entire community at large Publications Electronic media Seminars and workshops Community meetings Exchange visits Door to door Capacity building Acquisition of logistics Networking with other NGOs/CBOs and government in related fields
Affiliation(s)	NAWOU, Isis-WICCE, NGO Forum, Society of Women Against AIDS in Africa (SWAA), Prevention of Domestic Violence Project
Dissemination	Stop Domestic Violence, Natural Family Planning Calendar, Personal hygiene (in English and Luganda)
Target Audience	Women, Elderly, Youth with a major emphasis to the girl-child, People Living With Aids (PLWA)
Additional Information	Why special concern for women Most women lack access to information, education and resources, enabling them to appropriately care for their minds and bodies. It is women, who experience sexual abuse and domestic violence but only 44 countries in the world that have laws that protect women against domestic violence. The problem of sexual assaults has to be addressed since statistics show that 40-60% of sexual assaults is against girls below the age of 16. Women and young girls are deceived and sexually used because they can't sustain themselves financially. Women are more infected with HIV/AIDS as compared to men. In Sub-Saharan Africa, girls are five times more likely than boys to be infected with HIV/AIDS. This further explains why the females should be given more attention because of their: Sexual passivity Vulnerability Socio-economic norms Traditional practices Biological Cultural norms towards gender arrangement whereby women face difficulties in accessing credit, which limits their returns, due to lack of collateral, illiteracy, the small scope of their economic activities, the physical and other social impediments. A large part of women's invisible and unpaid work is their labour input in food production and processing, both for subsistence and market consumption. Women move along with their children, give birth while on the way, and cater for their families which calls for more assistance to cater. As a means to reduce on domestic violence, we have a routine passing over of gifts in honor of the members’ birthdays. On such occasion the celebrant is given gifts ranging from kitchen ware to personal clothing. This has tremendously addressed loopholes created by husbands who don’t buy household property and therefore reduced that tension hence minimizing domestic violence. Also we offer counseling services to victims of domestic violence, marriage conflicts, HIV/AIDS. On market we have a booklet “Stop Domestic Violence” and a “Natural Family planning Calendar” both in English and Luganda at 5,000/= and 2,500/= per copy respectively.

Last update: February 5, 2007