The government has unveiled plans to invest USD 217 million (approximately UGX 830 billion) to empower women entrepreneurs, particularly focusing on value addition to enhance their.
The government has unveiled plans to invest USD 217 million (approximately UGX 830 billion) to empower women entrepreneurs, particularly focusing on value addition to enhance their.
Widows have a right to inheritance
June 30, 2021 Written by JOAN MAANI ATUKUNDA
On June 23, 2021, FIDA Uganda joined the rest of the world in celebrating International Widow’s Day under the theme ‘Invisible Women, Invisible Problems.’
Women undoubtedly suffer discrimination and marginalization in Ugandan society, and the situation is even worse for widows, particularly those who are elderly and live in rural areas. These widows face unacknowledged challenges and hardships and are inadequately protected by both society and the law.
This year, FIDA Uganda shines a light on the ‘invisible problem’ of denial of land ownership which widows face in Uganda. In Uganda, most customs and traditions do not rec