Women leaders in the Ugandan police force and the military have called for deliberate measures and policies to increa

Years of advocacy by women's rights groups including those monitoring justice for women with disabilities in northern

The Police lack necessary to handle gender-related issues, Justice David Batema, has said.

Proscovia Alengot Oromait has become Africa's youngest Member of Paliament (MP) at the age of 19, after she won the U

At least 600 Ugandan girls have been forced into Malaysia's sex trade in what has become a human trafficking epidemic

We first thought about starting this piece with the story of Saleha Begum, a survivor of Bangladesh's 1971 war in whi

The government has expressed concerned about militia groups from the Democratic Republic of Congo who are on rampage

Sergeant Eunice Kisembo discovered she was HIV positive in 2001 after her release from Luzira Prison.

Gender activists have proposed a guide to monitor performance of governments in eliminating sexual and gender-based v

As ACFODE celebrates her 26th birthday this month, and as the country prepares for the 16 Days of Activism Campaign A

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Whenever Marie*, just 16, looks at her lively toddler, Honoré*, she has the most intimate reminder of the 25-y

If it had not been for the brutal government soldiers, may be Brigadier Proscovia Nalweyiso would not have become a s

When the two-decade armed conflict that ravaged Acholi sub-region ended five years ago, women thought the worst was o

There are many things for which Uganda has come to be known over the past quarter of a century.

A lot has been said about President Museveni's new Cabinet choices.

Recently, Uganda made history when the 9th Parliament overwhelmingly supported Hon.

Women are big winners in the cabinet appointed on Friday.

The BBC has the first detailed accounts of how Ugandan women ended up in domestic slavery in Iraq, and the extraordin

The 2011 International Women's Day will be celebrated worldwide on March 8.

FIVE years go by so fast.

Women in Uganda have protested against their breasts being checked for bombs at entry points to public places.

OVER 80% of women in northern Uganda are denied the right to own property.The remark was made by Gulu chief magistrat

Uganda"affirmed "chronic poverty and disability in Uganda are inextricably linked.