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Paper to Pearls was founded by Barbara Moller, after she worked in northern Uganda as a government and civil coalition trainer on a US State Department grant in the fall of 2005. Barbara was invited to the camps by a participant of the training program and introduced to women who had started creating the paper bead jewelry as an income stream. [5]
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) also known as Women of Uganda Network Development Limited is Ugandan non-governmental organization that aids women and women's organisations in the use and access of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to share information and address issues their concerns such as gender norms, advocating for their rights and building communities and businesses ...
Women civil servants and professionals also formed an organization, Action for Development, to assist women in war-torn areas, especially the devastated Luwero region in central Uganda. [4] The Uganda Association of Women Lawyers, which was founded in 1976, established a legal-aid clinic in early 1988 to defend women who faced the loss of ...
During the early part of the twenty-first century, women in East Africa provided 85 per cent of the agricultural work, yet owned only 7 percent of the land. [6] Many women's rights organizations and individuals, disillusioned by groups that were not bringing women into the political process, started turning to UWONET – especially their campaign for land reform, which started in 1995. [7]
Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) (Swahili for "African women") was established in 1985 in the United Kingdom as a small community organisation for African women. It is now an international and Pan-African feminist non-governmental organisation headquartered in Kampala , Uganda .
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Women's sports clubs and teams in Uganda (2 C) Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Uganda" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
One theory is that if indigenous, they copied a splayed-end Raffia cloth bracelet worn by women, another that the Yoruba mondua with its bulbous ends inspired the manilla shape. [ 4 ] Metal bracelets and leg bands were the principal 'money' and they were usually worn by women to display their husband's wealth.