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Quick information guide


The Government of Uganda has put in place five programmes to improve empowerment of women:

  • Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program (UWEP);
  • Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP);
  • Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE); as well as
  • investment in infrastructure that is benefiting women in rural areas.
  • Presidential Initiative of Skilling the Girl child

Stakeholders’ Focus

Stakeholders that include Government, UN Agencies and Civil Society Organisations are jointly working and have set up varied programmes in the areas of:

  • Entrepreneurship development
  •  ICT
  • Career, talent and personal development for the youth
  • Gender responsive governance
  • Mentorship
  • Leadership
  • Equality and decision making; as well as
  • Providing empowerment Funds

Empowerment of women in Uganda

 

According to the UNDP, gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a pre-condition for sustainable development.
For social, economic and environmental sustainability to prevail women and girls need to be provided with:
 
  • Quality education;
  • Health care;
  • Decent work; 
  • Access and ownership rights over property and technology; and 
  • Equal participation in political and economic decision-making processes 
angle-left National Women’s Council (NWC)

National Women’s Council (NWC)

About the National Women's Council (NWC)

The National Women’s Council provides an independent channel through which social and economic amenities reach the women.

As one of the key implementing bodies, the National Women’s Council has been instrumental in the ensuring success of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship (UWEP) Programme among other government programmes. Women council leaders mobilise, sensitise, Women Council chairpersons at the sub county and district level are part of the beneficiary selection and vetting committee, endorse the forms of the groups to benefit and closely monitor the progress of the programme in their respective areas

Many social, political and economic programs have been geared towards the empowerment of women as target to empower their families and communities at large

List of services provided by the programme 1. Leadership capacity building programmes- mainly to the women council leaders across the country and the women to actively participate in all the electoral process of the country
  2. Mentorship programs to Women  - peer to peer mentorship mainly between UWEP beneficiary groups, between women leaders and women council leaders and between women council leaders and the grass roots women
  3. Community dialogues– communities are engaged to discuss different issues affecting their communities mainly on gender based violence, security , poverty among others
  4. Skills Development programs- with a goal of boosting women entrepreneurs, innovativeness and creativity
What is needed for a woman to register to the program?

Join a group of 10-15 members involved in income generating activities. The group then passes through a validation process in order to register: 

  • The beneficiary women groups are identified and selected through a community participatory process that involves Local Council 1 (LC 1) and Women Council leaders as trusted members of the community.
  • The selection of the women to benefit under the UWEP is undertaken by the Beneficiary Selection Committee chaired by the Sub-County Chief with members including the Chairperson of the Sub-County Women Council and the Community Development Officer.
  • The respective LC 1 Chairpersons confirms that the selected women group members are bona fide Ugandans who reside within their respective communities (the catchment area for the group membership may be a village, parish and must not go beyond a Sub County/ Town Council/ City Division).
Are there links to critical information women need to know about the program? -
What kind of events organised by the institution/organisation?
  1. The annual International Women’s Day celebrations As part of the National Organising Committee for the annual International Women's Day Celebrations, activities include;
  • The Women’s Week - preceding Women's Day, series of activities organised at the location hosting the National Women's Day celebrations. The NWC exhibition stall hosts 60 women entrepreneurs, 40 of whom are from the host area.
  • The annual International Women’s Day celebrations - President also visits NWC stall 
  1. Health camps
Contact details

National Women’s Council

Plot 27 Mukuru curve, Ntinda
P.O Box 7136, Kampala
Tel: +256 772 957 584 (Executive Director, Mr. Collins Mwijuka)
Email: nwc@mglsd.go.ug
Web: http://www.mglsd.go.ug/content/national-women-council.html