Tag Archives: UN Women

The Annual Kampala Geopolitics Conference is set to kickoff today at 9:00 am at Makerere University. It will follow an opening ceremony presided over by the university’s Chancellor Prof. Ezra Suruma. The three-day event runs under a theme ‘Crisis and Opportunity: Mapping the Geopolitical Importance of Africa. As it is in its fourth edition, they have convened this year’s event ...

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), with support from UN Women, has launched Prosecutor Plea Guidelines. The main objective of the guidelines is to streamline the processes that prosecutors will follow in conducting plea bargains. In addition to that, they will enhance the efficiency of the criminal justice system for orderly predictable uniform consistent, and timely resolution ...

Jacob Oulanyah, the speaker of Parliament has asked the representatives of UN women to translate their agendas into practical things. He said this regarding the matter of helping women from the rural areas. “How do we translate [these agendas] into practical things? I want impactful discussions about things that affect women, actions we can take. We should stop measuring things on ...

The Uganda Police Force together with the UN Women established a Gender Based Violence Cases (GBV) toll-free helpline (0800199195). This passed through the UN’s line department of child and family Protection. Police officers were then asked to be courteous while handling Gender-Based Violence. ‘’Be courteous and exercise customer care while receiving the calls and speaking to victims of Gender Based ...