According to activists, widow inheritance has forced many women into unwanted marriages with their late spouse's brothers or sons from another wife. The women are now demanding the right to choose their partners after their husband's death.
John Bosco Akore, the secretary for Kotido Elders Council, says that the elders have eliminated all the bad cultures that violate the rights of women, and formulated bylaws to protect women against any harm.
The government plans to disband the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program-UWEP, Operation Wealth Creation, Youth livelihood Fund, Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) and Luwero Rwenzori Development Program to create the parish model program.
The UN Fund for Population Activities Country Representative in Uganda Alain Sibenaler, says children, girls and women should be empowered to have a say on whether to have sex or not, otherwise, there is no empowerment.
The Speaker of Parliaiment Rebecca Kadaga has Parlaiments committee on budget to ring fence all funding under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program UWEP over diversion.
The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda is rallying Acholi chiefdom to mainstream its dynamic cultural values, norms and practices in promoting womens rights and empowerment. The foundation on Tuesday launched two bilingual handbooks containing the field findings to guide the chiefdom in promoting women empowerment and womens rights among communities.
A section of women in Soroti district wants government to focus on putting more emphasis on agriculture as the only means of boosting their financial capacity.
Ritah Aciro, the Executive Director of Uganda Womens Network UWONET, which organized the meeting, cautioned women against fighting each other and instead use their positions to empower women in the grassroots.
The government of Sweden has donated approximately eight million US dollars to UN women in Uganda to support gender equality and women empowerment programs.
