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Gender equality is a term that often brings to mind the concerns of women and the plight of feminism. However for equality among genders to ever truly be grasped the male side of the conflict must also be explored and publicly discussed. Otherwise, we merely create an inverted power struggle. Dr. Henry Manyire and Professor Sylvia Tamale of Makerere University held a public dialogue on the less popular facet of masculinity in relation to gender equity within the context of Uganda and Africa as a whole.
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Spider have published an interesting article that focuses on youth, gender and and digitally mediated democratic processes. The main focus of the article is the East African ICT for Democracy Network; "established to stimulate collaboration and to build stronger impact and sustainability of the participating projects. The network aims to utilize a range of ICTs, namely mobile phones, computers/internet, radio, television and newspapers in their activities. There are also interests and initiatives within the network to develop applications to aid in project management." The article notes the dominance of young technically-inclined women in this network: "That African women actively participate in democratic processes or are technological developers are rare occurrences in themselves. The confluence of these two processes is unprecedented."
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KAMPALA, 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - The shortage of health workers in Uganda is a "crisis", says the Minister of Health, and activists say expectant mothers are bearing the brunt of the country's staffing deficiency. Just 56 percent of Uganda's available health positions are filled. Parliament's recent refusal to reallocate part of the country's budget to hire more doctors, nurses and midwives has now become a rallying point for Uganda's maternal health advocates. A parliamentary committee's recent attempt to redirect 75 billion Ugandan shillings � about US$27.5 million - out of a national budget of more than 10 trillion shillings ($3.6 billion) towards hiring enough health workers was rebuffed in September, a rejection that became official when President Yoweri Museveni agreed parliament's final budget.
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AS the world clocks a global population of seven billion people, a total of 1.2 million babies will be born in Uganda by the end of this year (2011), according to the State of Uganda Population report by the Population Secretariat. The report says that Uganda’s population has grown rapidly over the last twenty years from 16 million people in 1991, to 33 million people by this year. The population report was launched on Wednesday by the minister of finance, planning and economic development Maria Kiwanuka, and focuses on population and reproductive health issues. “The population grew from an estimated 16 million in 1991 to 24.2 million in 2002 and was estimated at 30.7 million in 2009 at a growth rate of 3.2 per cent annually. At this rate, a total of 1.2 million people are added per year to Uganda’s population.”
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The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern (CIPESA ) in conjunction with the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and Hive Colab organised the 4th Uganda Internet Governance Forum (IGF) under the theme “Harnessing Internet Development. The forum was held on August 10, 2011 at Hive Colab premises in Kampala, and brought together over 50 ICT enthusiasts.
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