Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Uganda'
You Either Work or You Die: Mob 'Justice' in Uganda
by Jemma Williams -Australia- It was Christmas day in Fort Portal, Uganda. A large group of people had gathered by the roadside and were all moving in one direction. At the front were the younger men. Many of them carried...
The Female Faces of Resistance in Uganda: Preventing “Another Kenya” in 2011 Elections
by Rosebell Kagumire -Uganda- Political participation of women has changed since 2005 when Uganda, under donor pressure, opened political space to allow political parties in a country that had been largely a one-party state. With these new political changes, more...
Ugandan Women Entrepreneurs: Chicken Farming as the Next Revolution
by Deepa Krishnan -India- Journalist Deepa Krishnan traveled to Uganda as part of The Africa Reporting Project, an Initiative of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. –Ed. There is hardly a day when Chance Christine wakes up at leisure....
Skin Bleaching Thrives Despite Ugandan Government Ban on Dangerous Cosmetics
by Halima Abdallah Kisule - Uganda - Scores of Ugandans continue to bleach their skin despite a government ban on the sale of several lotions, creams, gels and soaps which are largely used to whiten, even and tone the skin....
Medical Community in Uganda Unites in Support of Pesticide Use to Eradicate Malaria - Environmentalists Still Protest
by Halimah Abdallah Kisule Uganda • A roadside billboard in Zambia encourages the community to spray. Photograph by Valentina Baj. •The numbers are staggering. Dr Myers Lugemwa, officer in charge of malaria research at the Ministry of Health’s Department of...
PMTCT: Uganda's Effort to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of AIDS
By Esther Nakkazi Uganda The number of pregnant women in Uganda accessing Nevirapine, the drug that stops mothers from passing HIV to their newborn babies, is rapidly growing with all districts in the country now offering the service. Health officials...
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