Monthly Archives: October 2015

Women’s Meaningful Participation in Conflict Prevention

Women’s Meaningful Participation in Conflict Prevention

Strengthened women’s meaningful participation in conflict prevention in Palabek Refugee settlement and host communities in Lamwo District. WORUDET with funding from WPHF and technical support from UN Women implemented a two-year project from January 2021 to January 2023 in Palabek Refugee Settlement and host community of Palabek Gem and Ogili. The project strengthens women’s voice, leadership and representation in programming, governance and public decision-making in the settlement. Existing and new community women’s groups will be strengthened to identify and overcome barriers to women’s participation, decision- making, and leadership in the humanitarian response aiming at an increase in refugee women being elected in the 2021 RWC elections. Overall, there is an […]

Rebuilding Mother – Daughter Bonds

Rebuilding Mother – Daughter Bonds

Akwii Aidha, 65, lost her husband unexpectedly in 2022. Tensions quickly arose when her older daughter moved into the family home with her own children. Grandmother insisted on a public school, despite financial constraints caused by the crisis, while her daughter chose a private school. They would quickly escalate into a conflict in which the daughter threatened violence with a stick. Akwii turned to our paralegal Aidha for support and guidance. Together, they engaged in a meaningful conversation with her daughter, discussing the practicality of expecting Akwii to finance private schooling without sufficient resources. Akwii’s daughter agreed to enroll her children in a government school. However, a new challenge emerged […]

Helped to Help Others Out

Helped to Help Others Out

Lalam Joyce, 36, a mother of five was abandoned by her husband, Franco Obita. Everything was gone, including a lot from the business she ran, resulting in emotional pain that got her contemplating to walk away from her children, let alone suicide. The bottom had fallen out. She, like many vulnerable women in this refugee resettlement, are often recommended to WORUDET paralegal workers like Aidha for help. so, Joyce  earnestly sought Aidha’s audience, and it paid off. Aidha too gained audience with Lalam’s husband Francis, in a fruitful conversation that ended with a mediation session. During this session, Aidha relayed knowledge about human rights and the rights of children, what resulted was  deeper reflection, […]