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From Markets to Movements: Women Market and Street Vendors Call for a Strengthen Framework Against Violence and Harassment in the Workplace

News, Press Release, Uganda, Uganda / David

The International Labour Organisation ( ILO) reports that the informal sector contributes to more than 50 % of the Ugandan economy and is responsible for more than 80 % of employment. This means that a majority of the population depends on this sector for their livelihoods and survival, revealing how significant informal workers are to Uganda’s economic growth.

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Heartfelt Condolences to Rebecca Cheptegei’s Family: Domestic Violence Remains a Harsh Reality for Millions of Women and Girls in Eastern and the Horn of Africa

News, Press Release, Uganda, Uganda / David

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of Rebecca Cheptegei, the esteemed Ugandan marathon runner, as well as to the Uganda Athletics Federation and her friends, following her tragic death reported today September 5, 2024. Rebecca, who succumbed to severe burns after allegedly being doused with petrol and set on fire by a former partner, was a remarkable athlete who recently competed in the Paris Olympics.

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STATEMENT: Women Market Vendors in Arua voice their demands

News, Press Release, Statement, Uganda / siha

We, the women market vendors of Arua City represented through cooperatives and associations for a long time, have been invisible despite the challenges we face within and outside the markets.

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CORONAVIRUS: UGANDA NEEDS A ROBUST RESPONSE PLAN TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY

News, Statement, Uganda / siha

Photography Credit: SIHA Archives SIHA Network is a regional network that works with urban poor women in shanty, peripheral settlements in addition to internally displaced, migrant women and girls across

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A MOVE TO FORMALISE STREET TRADE IN KAMPALA

News, Uganda / siha

#MakeHerVisible In an attempt to regulate street vendors in Kampala, Kampala Capital City Authority is in the process of instituting a Street Trade Ordinance, providing legislative framework within which street

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WOMEN IN UGANDA’S INFORMAL ECONOMY ASSERT PROTECTION OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS

SIHA Gender Alert, Uganda / siha

In the recent past, Kampala’s pedestrian walkways and streets in the central business district and surrounding areas have been cleared of women street vendors in a brutal, inhumane manner pointing

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16 days of Activism 2018: Taking it Further – #HearMeToo

Her Voice, News, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda / siha

#HearMeToo This year, SIHA Network leveraged on the 16 days of activism as an opportune period to bring the #MeToo conversation to the light – attempting to understand how the

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#16DAYSOFACTIVISM- Hala Alkarib

Her Voice, Uganda / siha

Introduce yourself (Name, organization, and how long you have been involved in activism) Hala Alkarib, an activist and feminist, civil society worker and research practitioner. I am a mother, daughter, sister,

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#16DAYSOFACTIVISM: Lyn Ossome

Her Voice, Uganda / siha

1. Introduce yourself (Name, organization, and how long you have been involved in activism) My name is Lyn Ossome and I am a researcher and senior faculty at Makerere University,

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#16DAYSOFACTIVISM – Peace T. Kyamureku

Her Voice, Uganda / siha

1. Introduction Peace T.Kyamureku is the Executive Director of Rural Women and Youth Fund Uganda (Ruth Fund); a women rights Not for Profit organization which started in February 2014. She

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Uganda

From Markets to Movements: Women Market and Street Vendors Call for a Strengthen Framework Against Violence and Harassment in the Workplace

Heartfelt Condolences to Rebecca Cheptegei’s Family: Domestic Violence Remains a Harsh Reality for Millions of Women and Girls in Eastern and the Horn of Africa

STATEMENT: Women Market Vendors in Arua voice their demands

CORONAVIRUS: UGANDA NEEDS A ROBUST RESPONSE PLAN TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY

A MOVE TO FORMALISE STREET TRADE IN KAMPALA

WOMEN IN UGANDA’S INFORMAL ECONOMY ASSERT PROTECTION OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS

16 days of Activism 2018: Taking it Further – #HearMeToo

#16DAYSOFACTIVISM- Hala Alkarib

#16DAYSOFACTIVISM: Lyn Ossome

#16DAYSOFACTIVISM – Peace T. Kyamureku

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