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Tag: Women

  • Prof. Orach on why educating girls and women should be a priority

    Prof. Orach on why educating girls and women should be a priority

    The women folk, the girl child, the female, are more vulnerable in terms of their survival livelihood compared to men. And, therefore, education to the girl child is critical. This is because it brings in enlightenment and knowledge. Knowledge about being aware of themselves, their bodies, for instance. That to me is the beginning. If…

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  • Gender-Based Violence Thrives on Myths

    Gender-Based Violence Thrives on Myths

    With examples from the media in Uganda, the analysis contained in “Gender Issues: Gender-Based Violence Thrives on Myths,” gives a detailed description of gender-based violence in Uganda, in the domestic realm and in the public realm. It describes how gender-based violence is nurtured by myths; and how negative beliefs and practices have been normalized and…

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  • The Woman Landowner

    The Woman Landowner

    “The land that I owned and which UNRA needs for widening of the road is under customary tenure. I bought my land in 2010 from a female owner, now since deceased. In order for the sale to me to be executed and legitimised, a meeting was called between representatives of the clan of the seller…

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  • Women, Land, Credit and Gender Issues

    Women, Land, Credit and Gender Issues

    One of the symptoms of negative gender issues is when, in the bid to fulfill her duty to submit to her husband, a woman seeks consent from him to use land as security to get credit. When she does and he grants her the permission to do so, she will likely have to bring back…

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  • Ms. Norah Owaraga, CPAR Uganda Managing Director

    Ms. Norah Owaraga, CPAR Uganda Managing Director

    Since April 2012, Ms. Norah Owaraga is the Managing Director of CPAR Uganda. She has over 22 years work experience in the development arena providing distinguished services as a senior development manager. Ms. Owaraga holds a Master of Science Degree in Development Management from the Open University, United Kingdom and is a cultural anthropologist who is…

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  • Dr. Rita Laker-Ojok, first CPAR Uganda Board Chair

    Dr. Rita Laker-Ojok, first CPAR Uganda Board Chair

    Dr. Rita Laker-Ojok was our first ever Board Chair, and she served in that position from November 2008 to November 2015. She is among our founding member. She is currently the Chief of Party of the USAID Feed the Future AGRICULTURAL INPUTS Activity. Until October 2014, she was the Executive Director of AT-Uganda Ltd, a…

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