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Issued by: Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
Deadline for Applications: 27 December 2025
Location: Uganda (with possible virtual engagements)
Duration: January – March 2026

Background

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) is a leading organisation advocating for digital rights, gender equality, and inclusive internet governance in Uganda and across Africa. As the current 2021–2025 Strategic Plan nears completion, WOUGNET seeks to develop a forward-looking Strategic Plan for 2026–2030 that aligns with emerging trends in technology, gender justice, and policy advocacy.

This process will strengthen WOUGNET’s internal capacity, governance, and sustainability, ensuring that the organisation remains responsive to community needs and global developments in digital rights.

Scope of Work

The consultant will lead and facilitate a participatory strategic planning process, including:

  1. Desk Review
    • Analyse WOUGNET’s 2021–2025 Strategic Plan and relevant governance documents.
    • Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
  2. Internal Review Workshop (3 days)
    • Facilitate sessions with WOUGNET staff and board to evaluate past performance and lessons learned.
  3. Stakeholder Consultations (4 days)
    • Engage WOUGNET members, CSOs, grassroots women, and partners to gather priorities for 2026–2030.
  4. Drafting Workshop (5 days)
    • Co-create the new Strategic Plan with WOUGNET staff, board, and key stakeholders.
    • Develop updated vision, mission, strategic goals, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and implementation framework.
  5. Validation Meetings (3 days)
    • Incorporate inputs after the presentation and refining of the draft strategic plan based on stakeholder feedback.
  6. Finalisation
    • Produce a comprehensive Strategic Plan document (digital and print-ready).
    • Ensure professional design and layout for dissemination overseen by ED and Communications Lead.

Deliverables

  • Reviewed and documented analysis of the 2021–2025 Strategic Plan.
  • Stakeholder consultation report.
  • Draft Strategic Plan 2026–2030.
  • Final validated and approved Strategic Plan (professionally designed and formatted).
  • 50 printed copies and a digital version for dissemination.

Consultant Profile

  • Proven expertise in organisational development and strategic planning.
  • Experience working with non-profit organisations, preferably in gender and digital rights advocacy.
  • Strong facilitation and participatory planning skills.
  • Excellent analytical, writing, and communication abilities.
  • Familiarity with intersectional approaches and inclusive planning.

 

Application Process

Interested consultants should submit:

  • Technical Proposal (methodology, work plan, timeline).
  • Financial Proposal (professional fees).
  • CV highlighting relevant experience.
  • Two references from similar assignments.

Send applications to: mgt@wougnet.org  by 27 December 2025.
Subject line: Consultancy for WOUGNET Strategic Plan 2026–2030

Timeline

  • Start Date: January 19, 2026
  • End Date: March 30, 2026
  • Key activities include workshops, consultations, drafting, validation, and finalisation.

WOUGNET (Women of Uganda Network) invites you to contribute to a magazine under our Our Voices, Our Futures (OVOF) initiative where art meets activism to dismantle oppressive social norms in the digital age. 

We are producing a collaborative magazine that uses art, media, and cultural expression to counter dominant narratives that reinforce gender inequality and other forms of oppression. This is your opportunity to share your voice and shape alternative discourses that empower, liberate, and inspire. 

What We’re Looking For: 

We are calling on artists, writers, media producers, poets, feminists, and cultural practitioners to submit creative work that: 

  • It confronts harmful social norms and gender-based oppression online and offline. 
  • Celebrates feminist resistance and reimagines inclusive futures. 
  • Uses creative mediums such as: 
  • Poetry, spoken word 
  • Short fiction and essays 
  • Visual art (illustration, painting, collage) 
  • Photography 
  • Comics and graphic stories 
  • Music and sound art 
  • Video or short films 
  • Hybrid or multimedia work 

We particularly encourage submissions that center intersectional feminist narratives, challenge digital gender-based violence, and celebrate the power of African cultural expression. 

Why Contribute? 

  • Be featured in a print and digital magazine distributed across Uganda and online. 
  • Connect with a network of creators, artists, and activists. 
  • Amplify your work on platforms that challenge oppressive systems. 
  • Help shape a cultural archive of resistance, transformation, and hope. 

Submission Guidelines: 

  • Original and unpublished work only. 
  • Submit your piece(s) as a Word document, PDF, or media file (for visual/audio/video work). 
  • Include a short artist bio (max 150 words) and a brief note (max 100 words) on how your work contributes to counter-discourse. 
  • Multiple submissions are welcome. 

Submit via: https://forms.office.com/r/Du1NM66fSL Deadline for submissions: 30th June 2025
 

Uganda has made significant strides in recognizing and protecting women’s rights, both domestically and through international commitments. Despite the existing legal frameworks, women-led civil society organizations (CSOs) in Uganda still face numerous barriers to their existence and operations, including new laws and policies that restrict rights and freedoms, particularly freedom of expression. The 1995 Constitution of Uganda guarantees equality and non-discrimination based on gender. Furthermore, Uganda is a signatory to various international treaties and conventions, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, WOUGNET is currently implementing the Civil Society in Uganda Participation Program, aimed at fostering vibrant and resilient women-led civil society organizations (CSOs).
WOUGNET is working with civil society and Government to contribute to a more open and secure environment for women-led civil society organisations in Uganda by increasing knowledge of policies governing freedom of expression and access to information to improve legal compliance and to address gaps that contribute to misinterpretation and misapplication of policies. 

The WOUGNET National Civic Tech Innovation Hackathon on Freedom of Expression  aims to unite innovators and stakeholders nationwide to develop civic technology solutions that address barriers to women’s digital freedom of expression, civic participation and access to information. We invite innovators and stakeholders, whether individuals, groups, or organizations to participate in this exciting event and submit their concept notes by Friday 25th April, 2025. Successful applicants will be contacted to pitch and present their ideas and innovations. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

What are we looking for? 

The hackathon seeks tech-driven solutions that: 

  • Safeguard women’s freedom of expression in online and offline spaces
  • Improve women’s access to information, especially in marginalized communities
  • Strengthen digital resilience for women-led CSOs against restrictive policies
  • Promote digital security and online safety for Women Human Rights Defenders
  • Leverage AI and open data source to enhance civic participation

Prizes  AND Opportunities

  • A cash prize of  One Million Five Hundred Thousand Uganda Shillings (1,500,000 UGX)  will be awarded to each of the top three innovations.
  • Mentorship, networking and potential further funding opportunities for outstanding solutions

Theme: Civic Tech Innovation on Freedom Of Expression

Objective: Develop innovative solutions that enhance and protect women’s Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and resilience of women-led civil society organizations.

Eligibility: Open to all Ugandans. Participation can be individual or in teams not exceeding three members. A member can only belong to one team. 

Duration: Interested applicants should submit their concept notes by Friday 25th April, 2025. Successful applicants will be invited to present their prototypes, innovations, and ideas to a panel of judges who will evaluate them based on a predefined criteria to select the top three innovations.

Interested applicants should submit their concepts Here

Evaluation criteria

Applications will be evaluated basing on the following criteria:

  • Innovation: Originality and creativity of the solution.
  • Impact: Potential of the solution to enhance FoE and resilience of CSOs.
  • Feasibility: Practicality, scalability and inclusivity of the solution.
  • Technical Achievement: Quality of the technical implementation.
  • Presentation: Clarity and effectiveness of the presentation/demo.
  • Gender-responsiveness: Gender responsive design and potential to prevent gender backlash.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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