We Cannot Wait Towards an Inclusive and Diverse Women's Movement in the GHoA

With support from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), FIDA Uganda is implementing a five-year project, titled We Cannot Wait towards an Inclusive and diverse women Movement in the Greater Horn of Africa. This is a Consortium implementled project headed by SIHA. This project builds on the complementarity of project partners and years of shared experience and goals in the region, to strengthen the women’s movement, advocate for an inclusive and feminist legal framework and link together women’s organizations to push a gender-focused agenda in the region. The project’s long term strategic objective is “Women in the Greater Horn of Africa will be leading and defining the political, sociocultural and economic agenda through a gender lens at all levels.” The specific objectives of the project are; 1. Women’s rights activists and organizations (WRA/Os) are advocating for policy, law reform, and social norms. 2. WRA/Os in GHoA form an inclusive and diverse coalition with shared agendas. 3. WRA/Os engage actively and visibly in existing or new political and social platforms to promote their agendas. In Uganda, the project is implemented in 4 districts of Gulu, Lira, Pader, and Kampala.