Women In Leadership Uganda Archives

Two Girls in Uganda: Stepping Up by Speaking Out

By Namulinda Shamim Fatuma & Nankinga Joanitah ● Commentary ● March 28, 2018

“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet.” We should all try to follow this saying, since I know we will succeed, with time.

Taking the Stigma Out of Menstruation in Uganda One Girl at a Time

By Patsy Kisakye ● Health & Science ● June 22, 2017

Learning about how her body works helped this Ugandan student feel emboldened.

Teen to Headmaster: Girls Need Their Own Textbooks

By Moureen Kisakye ● Culture ● May 22, 2017

In this student’s school, girls have to share textbooks while boys get their own.

‘Queen of Katwe’ More Than Entertainment for Ugandan Girls

By Maria Natasha Kyasa, Patsy Kisakye, Ruth Kagoye & Zahara Li Nakisige ● Teen Voices ● January 25, 2017

For these girls in Uganda, seeing Disney’s “Queen of Katwe” was a remarkable experience filled with many firsts, including traffic jams, elevators and seeing one of their own rise to international stardom.

Poverty and Death Strike Child Bride in Uganda

By Patsy Kisakye ● Culture ● November 28, 2016

The community helped Babirye pay for her child’s funeral but it didn’t intervene three years earlier when she was a bride at 13.

Laws Too Little, Too Late to Save Ugandan Girl From Rape

By Moureen Kisakye ● Teen Voices ● September 5, 2016

Despite her community’s belief to the contrary, “divorce does not cause rape, rapists cause rape,” writes Ugandan teen Moureen Kisakye.

The Day My 6-Year-Old Sister Was Beheaded in Uganda

By Esereda Kisakye ● Teen Voices ● July 6, 2016

It’s not unusual for 6-year-old girls to run errands after dark in Uganda. But that doesn’t make it right.

Ugandan Teen Urges Against Using Girls for Dowry

By Gloria Tusabe & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● December 16, 2015

Ugandan Girls Dying from Unsafe Abortions

By Rebecca Tulibasika & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● November 25, 2015

Nearly a quarter of the maternal deaths in Uganda are caused by unsafe abortions, in contrast with 13 percent globally, according to the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre. Teen writer Rebecca Tulibasika doesn’t want to go to anymore funerals caused by this practice.

HIV is Personal for Girls in Uganda

By Maureen Amenya & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● July 16, 2015

Every week, 570 young women aged 15 to 24 get infected with HIV in Uganda, according to a 2011 survey by the country’s Ministry of Health. Here, Maureeen Amenya tells the story of one of these young people.