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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]
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment is a controversial topic in Ethiopia. More women in Ethiopia are committed to deal with everybody in the family and village/community. In Ethiopia, about 80% of the populace lives in rural zones and women are responsible for most of the agricultural work in these communities. [33]
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]
The Revolutionary Ethiopian Women's Association (REWA) was a women's organization in Ethiopia, founded in 1974. It was the first lasting women's organization of any note in the country. REWA was the first lasting organization for women's rights in Ethiopia.
History of women in Ethiopia (7 C, 4 P) M. Maternity in Ethiopia (3 P) O. Women's organisations based in Ethiopia (4 P) S. Women's sport in Ethiopia (2 C, 1 P) W.
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 ...
History of women in Uganda (3 C, 1 P) M. Maternity in Uganda (3 C, 2 P) O. Women's organisations based in Uganda (2 C, 10 P) S. Women's sport in Uganda (7 C, 3 P) W.