WOUGNET has moved office. We are now located at Plot 55 Kenneth Dale, Off Kira Road, Kamwokya. Our Telephone and Fax number remain the same. Directions: As you go from the old office (Plot 53 Kira Road) towards Kira Road Police Station, look for Kenneth Dale Road on your left before the play ground. Take this road to the WOUGNET office. Click here for a map.
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Women of Uganda Network is a NGO initiated by women`s organisations in Uganda to develop the use of ICTs among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively. Read More...
“We should learn to say no to some of our situations as women…”
Back to my Roots
This was the focus of Day 2 on 9 July 2009 of the 3rd Women in Political Party Structures Training organized by Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) under the Theme: “Dancing to the Tunes of Democracy: Preparing for Effective Engagement in Politics”, held in Kampala, Uganda.
It was all about getting in touch with reality on day two of the FOWODE training of Ugandan women in political party structures. Many times leaders tend to forget the situations of the people they represent and need the occasional wake-up call. Site visits to Nakiwogo landing site, Entebbe grade B hospital and Kitooro market laid a basis for problem analysis as an advocacy strategy. Sisters of the “Women’s Republic” returned emotional, passionate and angry about what they had seen. One of the key observations made was the dominant presence of women at work in dismal conditions in all three places.
“If the democracy dancing space were open and correct tune were played, I would dance but, my hands and legs are tied as I can’t in a way that enables me to ensure that my voice is heard, my issues are addressed and I am heard as a woman…So, when next the democracy drums sound, I need to determine the tune, the rhythm, the song, the dancers, the singers and who I dance with….. I shall dance for me, my sisters, my daughters, my female ancestors and for the fellow Ugandan Women…and I shall determine the tune... I shall be the Leader of the Dance Troupe…
The second in a series of Gender and ICT youth camps was held in Western Uganda for a period of three days from 26th-28th June 2009 at Maanji Memorial School, Mbarara town. The first camp was held in Eastern Uganda (Mbale) in April 2009 while the next will be held in Northern Uganda (Lira).
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa launched the Africa Knowledge Network initiative under its ICT Science and Technology Division. To be implementedthrough an International Network of telecentres and strategicPartnershipsthe launch workshop was heldat Dar-Es-Salaamfrom the 2nd – 3rd July 2009.
The first Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Programme (CAADP) day meeting was held in Tripoli, Libya on 27th June 2009, organised by the African Union Commission and the AU-NEPAD, hosted by the great socialist people’s Libya Arab Jamahiriya. The meeting brought together ministers of agriculture from 8 African countries (including Egypt, Algeria, Uganda, Libya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Mozambique), development partners (European Commission, the World Bank, African Development Bank, and JIRCAS), representatives of civil society organisations including farmers’ organisations, women groups and the private sector.
