Grace from Uganda has been campaigning with ActionAid in Denmark against harmful biofuels that take away food from the poor and vulnerable. Read his reflections on ignorance in the global village....
The car was branded "ActionAid". It means "We don't give you kitu kidogo"By Francis Akorikin [ibimage==17353==thumb_small==none==self==ibimage_right==]If the car you have arrested is from...
The Black Monday Movement acclaimed at a high level dialogue on Public Sector Accountability. Monday 6thMay 2013 was quite a fulfilling day for the Black Movement despite the fact that logistical...
ActionAid Uganda Chairperson James Otto boldly addresses district Leaders from Acholi Sub Region. We have always heard and or used the phrase ‘in black and white’ or ‘calling a spade a spade’. Beyond...
It was exactly one month after the International Women’s Day when Uganda’s ruling party, NRM (National Resistance Movement) held a caucus for their MPs and essentially threw the Marriage and Divorce...
I am really disturbed by the nature of News I watch, read and listen to these days. I felt this way one evening some time back as I was about 400km away from the capital of Uganda, where I have...
GBV survivors cannot get legal help because police and health workers are ignorant about legal meansBy Ambrose Atusasire Adison, Project Officer - Women Protection Centre, BwaiseAcross the country...
As I grow older, I have learnt to appreciate that for effective change to happen it must be gradual. I have also learnt that YOU can be the change you would like to see. It does not matter how many...
What is the importance of rocks to man? I would have loved to hear some responses from you, the reader. Perhaps you can outline before you read on. Well, for me, after my visit to Kotido District,...
I thought you were my daughter! I do not want to hear anything about that. This was the response I got from a minister in Ugandan government when I tried to pass on a Black Monday Bulletin....
The operating environment of advocacy and human rights organisations whose work, not just supplements or compliments, government but challenges status quo will be further constrained in the...
November 12th, was a day of mourning. ActionAid closed all offices across Uganda to show solidarity with the victims of theft in Uganda and to show our contempt towards abuse and misappropriation of...
I have managed to educate my 6 children to University level through farming and now am now taking care of 6 dependentsSays Polly Apio small holder woman famer who has beaten all odds to earn a...
We are very excited to present a new website and the first edition of the Oil in Uganda Newsletter, a quarterly publication produced as part of an Oil Governance and Transparency Initiative...
Ivan did you see the manner in which Ingrid was arrested? I posed that question to a colleague and this is what he had to say,” The way the police man pressed her breast! Huuuuuuuumm.”This is a...
