Civil Society in Uganda Digital Support Programme (CUSDS)
Partners: Women
of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and her 25 Member Organizations in Uganda
Project summary:
The programme is supported by
UN Women institutional funding under Women’s
Peace
and Humanitarian
Funds
(WPHF)
COVID19 emergency response. The programme aims at promoting a conducive digital environment
and more meaningful participation in national and local emergency response by
women rights organisations in Uganda through equipping staff
members with knowledge, skills and competence in the use of digital technology
and video conferencing, enhancing rapid localization of COVID 19 data to reduce
misinformation and strengthening the logistics capacity through provision of
computer equipment, airtime and internet connectivity. Provision of the
logistics will strengthen the capacity of the network to support the COVID 19
national task force to prevent the spread of the virus and improve their
capacity to implement planned activities that are geared towards prevention of
gender-based violence, violation of rights of women and young girls and
children exacerbated mainly by COVID 19 preventive measures adopted by the
government. This project will promote a conducive digital
environment and meaningful participation of women rights organizations in Uganda in national and
local emergency response to prevent the spread of COVID 19 and its impact on
most at risk population.
