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SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE: Women Human Rights Defenders Speak Out

SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE: Women Human Rights Defenders Speak Out

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA NEWS] Women Human Rights Defenders in Uganda have echoed their concerns regarding the continued government restrictions and shrinking space. For over a decade now, Uganda’s civil society has come…

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CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS STATEMENT ON THE ATTACKS ON NGOs

CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS STATEMENT ON THE ATTACKS ON NGOs

Fellow country women and men from across the width and breadth of our beautiful country, we send you greetings. We are deeply troubled as the civil society sector about the growing smear campaign engineered to…

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Women Rights Activists Urge Government to Budget For Unpaid Care Work

Women Rights Activists Urge Government to Budget For Unpaid Care Work

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Would you pay your wife for the domestic work such as washing dishes, washing clothes, and cooking? Now this is the debate being fronted by Oxfam-Uganda and the Uganda Women’s…

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COVID 19 Lockdown Increases Online Sexual Abuse Among Teens

COVID 19 Lockdown Increases Online Sexual Abuse Among Teens

BY STEVEN NATHAN KIRAGGA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| As Uganda heads to the post covid 19 lockdown situation reports indicate lots of youths have fallen prey to online sex exploitation breeding a morally decaying generation. While conducting…

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