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International
Rising population anxiety as India overtakes China as world’s most populous nation
NEW YORK-New data reveals population anxieties are widespread and governments are increasingly adopting policies aimed at raising, lowering or maintaining fertility rates. But efforts to influence fertility rates are very often ineffective…
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Education
U.S. envoy urges parents and teachers to help children read
MPIGI – U.S. Government through its agency, Peace Corps, yesterday participated in celebrating Uganda’s 9th National Drop Everything and Read [DEAR] Day aimed at promoting the reading culture among the country’s pupils.…
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Development
Minister urges girls to take sciences to compete for job slots
MBARARA – Minister of State for Gender and Culture Peace Regis Mutuuzo has encouraged girls in the country to study sciences if they are to compete favourably with men for scarce jobs.…
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Education
School facilities worth over Shs 1bln commissioned in Adjumani
ADJUMANI -Plan International in partnership with Adjumani district local government on December 9, 2022, commissioned school facilities such as classrooms and dormitories, among others worth about Shs 1.3 billion under the Girls’…
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Education
Adjumani Girls’ Primary School in dire need of classrooms and sanitary facilities
ADJUMANI-The inadequate classrooms and lack of washrooms in Adjumani Girls’ Primary School are likely to affect the performance of the learned. This reporter has established that the school has an enrolment of…
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News
Alebtong district to get skills centre for vulnerable youth and women
ALEBTONG-Dorcas Foundation for Relief and Development, a community-based organisation is in advanced preparations to construct a centre for skilling the vulnerable youth and women in Alebtong district. According to Dorcas Acen, the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Northern Uganda: CBO empowers needy girls of cooperators
PADER – The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown for two years affected girl children of the cooperators in Pader, Kitgum, Agago, and Lamwo districts as they got pregnant and could not continue with classes…
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News
Over 1,000 girls rescued from FGM in Sebei Sub-region
KWEEN– Authorities and other stakeholders in Sebei Sub-region have rescued over 1,000 girls from female genital mutilation [ FGM ] since 2020. Medical experts say FGM comprises all procedures that involve partial…
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News
Archbishop Kaziimba decries GBV, teenage pregnancies
KIBUKU– The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Rt. Rv. Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has decried the rising cases of gender-based violence [GBV] and teenage pregnancies in the country. Speaking…
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News
Child marriages rise in Sembabule as poverty and drought continue to bite
SEMBABULE-Authorities in Sembabule district are worried over the increasing cases of child marriages which they attribute to poverty and a prolonged drought spell in the district. Sembabule district lies in the cattle…
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