Due to inability to effectively manage menstruation 1 out of 5 African school girls skip going to school or drop out of school entirely due to a lack of menstrual products and poor sanitation. Sanitary wear is a critical need for girls in school and a major barrier to education for girls of school going age. This is where your donation is helping to change this reality! Every girl deserves a bright future, the power to make her own choices about her health, family and career. But without education, this is a little more than a dream! Support our campaign by donating sanitary wear or contribute to the tailoring club […]
Network for Community Development (NCD) and Women and Rural Development Networks (WORUDET), two community-based organizations with decades of experience working on the adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights of diverse adolescents in Uganda; and working directly with adolescents themselves, including those who are amongst the most marginalized in Uganda, express our wholehearted support for the proposal to offer contraception to girls from 15 years old, in Uganda. This is a forward-thinking step towards addressing the urgent and complex challenges that adolescents face in the realm of reproductive health. It constitutes a crucial step towards empowering young girls and promoting their overall well-being. In this statement, we articulate our strong […]
Leaving no woman or girl behind: Advancing the learning agenda on SRHR self-care in humanitarian settings WORUDET is implementing She Cares, a two-year SRHR project (2022-2024) in partnership with IRC and ACORD Uganda. The project will use research, implementation and advocacy approaches to pilot self-care in SRHR in Palabek refugee settlement and the surrounding host communities in Lamwo district. She Cares will focus on adolescent girls and young women in humanitarian settings, giving them the power to achieve their sexual & reproductive health and rights. The She Cares project will achieve this goal through: Designing, implementing and generating evidence on innovative SRHR self-care interventions in refugee settings. Contributing to a […]
Sexual and reproductive economic empowerment (SHE) supporting out-of- school adolescent girls’ rights and skills (SOARS) WORUDET, in partnership with the Centre for Reproductive Rights and other six organizations, are implementing a six-year project on SRHR. WORUDET will focus on pillar 1300 and will be implementing the project in Arua, Madi-OkoloThe ultimate project outcome is to improve access to sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) services for adolescents, particularly out-of-school adolescent girls, in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. All these are integrated in four pillars (pillar 1100, pillar 1200, pillar 1300 and pilar 1400).To achieve this ultimate project outcome, the project will focus on four intermediate outcomes: Increase the use of sexual and […]
Every November (November 16th – December 16th), WORUDET joins the rest of the world in commemorating the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. We are convinced that this season is a pivotal time to remind leaders of their commitments towards the protection of women and girls from all forms of violence and thus create more awareness in the mitigation of violence against women and girls. For a country like Uganda, where GBV occurs on an annual basis, we believe that adding our voice is critical.
WORUDET, in partnership with AVSI, is implementing a two-year project to build the skills of 18-30-year-old youth in Horticulture, poultry, and apiculture enterprise, where the “earn as you learn” model is practiced. The project aims at contributing to increased Agricultural skills levels and gainful employment of youth in the agricultural sector while focusing on four key objectives; Increasing employment skills in agri-business, Enhancing well-paying jobs in agri-business and self-run Agripreneurship Engagement of youth in agriculture for long-term careers for economic venture Creating and strengthening the enabling environment for market-responsive and gainful engagement in agri-business The specific focus is on Climate Smart agriculture (CSA), improving household income and other sources of […]
Advancing peaceful co-existence and respect for human rights among Refugees and host communities in northern Uganda The sub-region of Acholi in northern Uganda (now comprised of eight districts, namely: Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo, Agago, Amuru, Nwoya, Gulu and Omoro) experienced probably its worst modern-time political history in the last thirty years. In 1986, a military conflict erupted between the Government of Uganda (GoU) and the various local rebel groups that have emerged from time to time, most notably Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its predecessor, Alice Lakwena’s Holy Spirit Movement (HSM), which caused thousands of deaths and untold physical and psychological trauma on survivors. At the peak of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]