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Letter to the Permanent Secretary: GDP may have improved, but our lives have not

Leah EryenyuOpinionApril 2, 2024

The Permanent Secretary (PS) to the Ministry of Finance recently published an op-ed in one of the dailies, educating us about Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Despite the PS’s attempts to explain GDP as “your everyday life,” he inadvertently unearths what …

The Women’s League is nolonger an acceptable excuse for the inaction of political messiahs

Edna NinsiimaOpinion, Social JusticeApril 5, 2021

Between May 2017 and 2018, women who had been reported kidnapped were found dumped dead in areas of Nansana and Katabi, Entebbe suburbs. Many of their naked bodies were strangled, some with visible signs of sexual assault including the insertion …

If Black Lives Matter Why Has Renee Bach Faced No Consequences?

Twasiima P. BigirwaOpinion, Social JusticeJune 18, 2020

A young white missionary woman comes to Uganda with the sole purpose of “helping young Africans.” She goes on to set up a charity organization in order “to promote evangelism, provide welfare for the needy and empower families” where according …

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Revenge Porn Must Be Classified as A Sexual Offence

Patricia KigulaOpinion, Social JusticeAugust 16, 2019

Revenge porn – the release of one’s intimate images or videos online without consent – is a kind of cyber harassment that has become prevalent in the internet age. Mobile phones are becoming more and more powerful and most models …

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Give Stella Nyanzi Flowers While She Still Lives

Jacky KemigisaNews, Opinion, StoriesAugust 8, 2019

“We are at the national theater, a perfect place for a demonstration. With my elongated labia, I will show you how to masturbate and cum more than 20 times,” said Stella Nyanzi. Rising from her seat, Stella picked up the …

Why Uganda’s Advertising Industry Hasn’t Moved Past Sexism

Jacky KemigisaNews, OpinionMay 1, 2019

2019, like previous years, doesn’t seem to be starting on a kind note for Ugandan feminists. First, there was the proposal on February 6 by Godfrey Kiwanda, the State Minister for Tourism, to have “curvy womyn” as a tourist attraction. …

A Conversation On Intimate Partner Violence Amongst Uganda’s LBTQ Womxn

Irene AtimOpinionApril 24, 2019

On January 31, 2019, 25 womxn gathered together in the expansive green gardens of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftungs Uganda office (thanks, FES!) to chat about intimate partner violence. This was the first, of many to follow, ‘intimate gatherings’ of womxn that Lakwena intends …

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Letter to the Permanent Secretary: GDP may have improved, but our lives have not

Give Stella Nyanzi Flowers While She Still Lives

Why Uganda’s Advertising Industry Hasn’t Moved Past Sexism

A Conversation On Intimate Partner Violence Amongst Uganda’s LBTQ Womxn

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