OUR MISSION
RAISE AWARENESS OF RIGHTS
To raise awareness of the reproductive rights and issues for young girls all over Uganda as well as the dangers of contracting AIDS, with specific focus on Buganda region and Busiiro village.
PROVIDE WORKSHOPS & CLUBS
To provide workshops, clubs and set up forums where girls can safely discuss their experiences, especially those that stand in the way of their education.
ENGAGE & EDUCATE COMMUNITIES
To engage communities, local leaders and the police with the rights of the girl child – especially the right to education, protection and choices.
STOP CHILD PROSTITUTION
To challenge child prostitution in all its forms.
REDUCE PREGNANCY & AIDS DROPOUT
To work with secondary schools to reduce the dropout rate of female pupils specifically due to early pregnancy and the contraction of AIDS.
FACTS AND FIGURES FOR THE WOMEN OF UGANGA
Source UNCIEF report 2019
In Uganda girls and women are often not thought of as people of value and are almost always seen as second rate to boys and men.
There is a heavily negative attitude towards girls education with UNGEI reporting more than 700,000 girls between the ages of 6 to 12 having never attended school and around half of girls between the ages of 15 to 24 being illiterate.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY IS THE TOP CAUSE OF DEATH AMONGST GIRLS
FACTS AND FIGURES FOR THE WOMEN OF UGANGA
Source UNCIEF report 2019
In Uganda girls and women are often not thought of as people of value and are almost always seen as second rate to boys and men.
There is a heavily negative attitude towards girls education with UNGEI reporting more than 700,000 girls between the ages of 6 to 12 having never attended school and around half of girls between the ages of 15 to 24 being illiterate.
