WOUGNET Update Newsletter - September 2001

[Dorothy Okello <dokello@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

WOUGNET Update Newsletter -  September 2001
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WHAT'S NEW
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1. WOMEN ORGANISATIONS IN UGANDA

= Lungujja Women's Association (L.W.A)
   Mission: To empower women through soliciting funds from members or
   other sources and building our businesses for self-sustenance and
   independence.
   Lungujja Women's Association is a KITE grant receipient and
   are getting a computer to enable them manage their accounts
   electronically, research business strategies online,  facilitate
   their networking with other women organisations, and enable them
   to provide training in the use of computer technology.
   (http://www.wougnet.org/wo_dir.html#L.W.A)

= The Mifumi Project
   Mission:The Mifumi Project is a registered NGO whose objectives
   are to support the community through development projects
   including education, healthcare promotion  and income generating
   schemes in Mifumi, in Eastern Uganda. Our goal is to help the
   people of Mifumi to help themselves.
   (http://www.wougnet.org/wo_dir.html#Mifumi)


2. WOMEN & AGRICULTURE

= Gender Disaggregated Data Capacity Building Workshop
     In March 2001, a capacity building, training workshop was
     implemented by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and
     Forestry (MAAIF) Planning Department funded by FAO under the
     programme of Integrated Support to Sustainable Development and
     Food Security (IP). This historic workshop generated much
     consciousness on gender disaggregated data (GDD) by transforming
     the quality of information gathering and processing. The
     dynamics of gender in relation to statistical information, the
     institution of the family in terms of division of labour,
     resource allocation among men and women, boys and girls, has
     gained particular significance.
     (http://www.wougnet.org/agriculture.html#GDD_CBW)


3.  LINKS AND RESOURCES

a)  ICT-related Organisations

= Network Startup Resource Center
     The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), a non-profit
     organization, has been involved for many years with the design
     and deployment of networking technology in various projects
     throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the
     Middle East, and Oceania.
     (http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#NSRC)


b) Development Links and Resources

= Learning and Development Kenya
     Learning and Development Kenya (LDK) is a national
     non-governmental, non-profit, non-sectarian development
     organization founded in June 1998. It implements its programmes
     together with other NGOs and Government ministries concerned
     with alleviation of extreme poverty, gender equality and
     technology integration.
     (http://www.wougnet.org/Links/devlinks.html#LDK)


c) Health Links and Resources

= ISIS Foundation
     ISIS Foundation works with NGOs in Uganda and Nepal to assist
     mothers and children, largely in primary health care and
     education. In Uganda, the initial proposal is to fund a portion
     of the Kiwoko Hospital community based health care ("CBHC")
     programme, Luwero District.
     (http://www.wougnet.org/Links/healthlinks.html#ISIS)


d) Human Rights Links and Resources

= Raising Voices
     Based in Kampala, Uganda, Raising Voices is a non-profit,
     international organization that works in partnership with local
     organizations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to prevent violence
     against women and children. Their website includes information
     on programmatic tools developed by Raising Voices to
     strengthen violence prevention efforts at the grassroots and
     current efforts underway within the Region.
     (http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#RVOICES)


e) General Resources

= Africa Expo
     We are a non-profit corporation devoted to funding several
     charities in Africa and in the United States so that ALL of the
     profits will go to these charities. Some are medical while others
     are educational.
     Africa-Expo was created for the purpose of providing a
     showplace for the arts, culture, handicrafts, products and
     technology of the fifty-five nations of Africa in order to
     bring wider communication, education, trade and understanding
     between our two continents while raising funds for our African
     and African-American charities. The dates for the Africa Expo
     are December 17-23, 2002.
     (http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#AEXPO)


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EVENTS & NEWS
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July 2001
= Lungujja Women's Association (L.W.A) hosts two Norwegian students
    In June 2001, Hege Elisabeth Sotberg and Ingrid Spjeldnæs
    posted a message on WOUGNET seeking to participate in a
    development project directed towards women in Kampala. This
    posting was followed by an invitation from the Lungujja Women's
    Association to participate in their projects, and in July 2001,
    the two students arrived in Kampala for a 10-week visit.
    (http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#LWA_Norway)


August 2001
= On August 23rd, 2001, Isis-WICCE launched two research reports on
   Women and War. "Women's Experiences of Armed Conflict Situations
   in Uganda: The case of Gulu District 1986-1999" and "Medical
   Interventional Study of War Affected Gulu District, Uganda" are
   essentially two parts of the same report. The reports are
   available from Isis WICCE for US$5 each, and will be online by
   September 2001. Abstracts of the two reports are available from:
   http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#WomenWar


November 2001
= Visiting Scholarships at the Centre for African Studies
   The Harry Oppenheimer Institute for African Studies funds an
   annual scholarship for Scholars who are working from within
   the African Continent beyond South Africa's boarders in the broad
   area of African Studies. Obtain conditions of the award and
   application guidelines from:
   http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#CAS_guide


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