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Leaders demand ringfencing 30 percent of public contracts for women
KAMPALA, March 7, 2025 – – As Ugandans join the rest of the world to mark the International Women’s Day tomorrow, under the campaign theme ‘Accelerate Action’, women leaders in local governments…
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International Women’s Day: Rwampara women reap big from Emyooga programme
RWAMPARA, March 7, 2025 – As the world prepares to celebrate the International Women’s Day tomorrow, the women under the Rwampara Entrepreneurs Emyooga Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation [SACCO] in Rwampara district…
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The paradox of the gender gap in the leadership of cooperatives
KAMPALA, March 4, 2025 –– To mark the International Women’s Month, theCooperator News interviewed Muthoni Njoroge, a lawyer, policy specialist and advocate of the cooperative movement through Coops Africa. Ahead of the…
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Greater Apac Muslim women call for special empowerment grant
APAC, March 3, 2025 – Muslim women in the Greater Apac region have called on government to urgently establish a special empowerment grant to support them in their fight against household poverty.…
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For a successful integration, Africa needs an operating system update
DAKAR, February 20, 2025 –– Ask any traveler about their experience moving across parts of Africa, and you will likely hear about familiar challenges: high costs, indirect routes, and unpredictable schedules that…
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Kasese and Rubirizi women groups receive Shs 300mln for climate adaptation
KASESE, February 19, 2025 — The World-Wide Fund for nature [WWF] in Uganda in partnership with International Institute for Sustainable Development [IISD] from Canada has handed over Shs 300 million to three…
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Activists: ”Define sharable matrimonial and individual property in Marriage Bill”
KAMPALA, February 19, 2025 –– Women activists under their umbrella organisation, Stand for Her Land Coalition in Uganda, want Parliament to uphold the Supreme Court ruling on what constitutes matrimonial and individual property…
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SIDA invests US$ 4.1bln to empower rural women in fight against climate change
ADJUMANI, February 17, 2025 — The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency [SIDA] has allocated US$ 1.12 million [about Shs 4.1 billion] to support a project aimed at addressing inequalities in food systems,…
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Construction of IFAD-funded silverfish dryer in Masaka stalls as Gen. Kayanja and NFA clash over land
MASAKA, February 14, 2025 – The construction of a solar-powered fish dryer for silverfish funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] at Dimu landing site in Masaka district has been…
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Boda Boda riders to form their own bank following initiative launch
KAMPALA, February 5, 2025 –– The United Boda Boda Cooperative Union recently launched the National Boda Boda Stage Development Model, an initiative designed to unlock the financial independence of the commercial riders…
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