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06 November 2017
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When health knowledge, business skills are combined to give young people a say in deciding their future
At 22, Resty Kabalangira is a small business owner and young mother in her home town of Mubende, central Uganda. Resty owns a salon. And, on a typical day her customers,…
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01 November 2017
Global Fund announces USD 9.4 million for adolescent girls, young women and key populations in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda - Global Fund has announced catalytic funding amounting to USD 9.4 million for interventions that will address HIV prevention focusing on adolescent girls, young…
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18 October 2017
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World’s apart – reproductive health and rights in a Uganda of inequalities
Recently, I was sent a WhatsApp message; a video from Youtube. Apparently, this video had been running rounds in Uganda’s social media since April 2017, when the news…
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17 October 2017
Awarding fresh ideas in young innovators
Noelle Aryanyijuka is known as the “pad girl” across rural communities and refugee settlements in Uganda. She is the Chief Executive Officer of EcoSmart Pads, a youth…
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16 October 2017
Fistula: Restoring hope and healing through male involvement
Twenty-three year old Beatrice Katushabe was only 19 years when she met 24-year-old Mike Tumusiime. The casual labourer and then teenage girl both from Ruhama in Ntungamo…
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16 October 2017
“I supported my wife through pregnancy to ensure a safe birth”
Bidibidi Settlement, Uganda: Twenty -eight year old Moses Mila and his wife Josephine Angua are refugees from South Sudan living in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Yumbe district…
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05 October 2017
From Family Planning to “Future Planning”
Judith Namara, a 19-year-old student in Kampala was among the over 200 young Ugandans from rural and urban areas who gathered at the Youth Pre-Family Conference Event in…
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02 October 2017
Norway pledges more support to combat violence against women
Donors of the UN Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence have expressed contentment in the impact the programme has made in the last eight years, with renewed commitment to…
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02 October 2017
Fronting efforts to end sexual violence in emergencies
During humanitarian crisis, sexual violence tends to increase leaving women and girls vulnerable, and putting their health and lives at risk. With the ongoing conflict in…
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