Advancing a gender-responsive approach to ICT policy and decision making
At the core of policy formulation and implementation processes lies the need to have diverse groups of stakeholders to make relevant input into the policymaking process. Policymaking is thus not only a preserve of the government, normally set within the framework of the top-bottom approach but rather the contemporary environment contends that for policy formulation […]
Relating the Feminist Principles of the Internet to Women’s Rights Online
On 26th October 2017, WOUGNET hosted a half-day National Local Level Conversation using the Feminist Principles of the Internet (FPIs). The second of its kind since the inception of a UNFGE funded project on “Increasing women’s decision making and influence in Internet Governance and ICT policy for the realization of women’s rights in Africa”, this particular activity was […]
Life-changing skills that never left women the same again
As we go on to celebrate the Month of the Woman Entrepreneur (MoWE), WOUGNET celebrates the success and achievements of her women under the Socio-Economic Program. Awino is a young lady who is a direct beneficiary of the use of beads to make bags, purses, necklaces, earrings and bangles under the WOUGNET Skills training. WOUGNET […]
Revisit to resist: Histories of the movement to end gender-based violence
Memory is resistance. When your story is silenced or challenged, remembering the truth is critical. And when we document our experiences, we pass on the lessons we learned. For 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (25 November – 10 December), Take Back the Tech! wants to look back (and forward) at the movement to […]
Press conference on the Month of the Woman Entrepreneur (MOWE) 2017
The Month of the Woman Entrepreneur (MOWE) is a global event and in Uganda is celebrated in the month of November annually since 2006 when it was introduced by the International Labor Organization-Women Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equity (ILO-WEDGE) project. Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) in partnership with ILO and the Government of Uganda […]