WOUGNET is located at Plot 55 Kenneth Dale, Off Kira Road, Kamwokya. Directions: After the Kamwokya market as you travel along Kira road, turn off to your left onto Kenneth Dale, (just before the football field and Kira Road Police Station). Once on Kenneth Dale, look out for the WOUGNET sign post on your left towards the end of the road. Click here for a map.
| 16Days: SMS Messages for 7 December 2009 |
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SMS 23: Heal from GBV through sharing experiences using ICTs and media tools. A story told is a burden shared. SMS 24: Mobile phones/Internet have been of great importance, many people are reporting violent acts happening in different areas. The campaign goes on! (RECEIVED VIA EMAIL) Violence against women has affected about 85% women in Uganda both educated and illiterates. We should always encourage these women to speak out so as others can follow their examples. (Hadijah) (RECEIVED VIA SMS) Message 1: Violence Against women is real. It needs joint effort to fight it. (Name Withheld) Message 2: Organisations like MIFUMI which is at forefront of GBV should be supported and emulated. (Nora) Message 3: Wars have caused violence to women and children through rape, abduction, child sacrifice and Worst of all the spread of HIV. Let us pray for peace through GBV. Message 4: Sharing enhanced by use of user friendly - ICTs is first class mode of eradicating GBV. (Gabula Atudde - Mukono) Message 5: Actually, I need healing. Just yesterday, I failed to act. One of my in-laws-brother spoke to my little son-5yrs old, in a terrifying manner without realizing my presence. This caused me not to pretend to have seen and the little boy looked stunned and confused which made me feel bad. I felt he was talked to unappropriately and failure to intervene made it worse for me. I feared to conflict. So I and my son suffered emotionally. (Annie KWGCS) Message 6: By the end of the campaign, WOUGNET should come up with a strategy to equip people on how to fight GBV and VAW. Empowerment! On individual basis through psycho social. (Annie K'le) Message 7: Please make use of all life testimonies imperical data on violence. THE REALITY. Together we can fight it. Distribute information. We shall work. (Annie K'le) Message 8: What r u doing about the case reported in Tororo of a man who raped a ten yr old yet has HIV, media has done great, Parents shouldn't be bribed with little money 4 silence. (Name Withheld) |
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