WOMEN’S DESK BRIEF N0VEMBER 2023

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Women’s Desk was established in 1986 following the aftermath of the civil war in Uganda to majorly provide relief services. To date, Women’s Desk has grown considerably strong providing a diverse range of activities that address the holistic needs of women, men, girls, and boys (the youths).

 

The current activities of Women’s Desk:

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Capacity building in thematic areas of: 

• Health (Water Sanitation & Hygiene - WASH & Menstrual Hygiene programmes including construction and repairing of WASH facilities in schools/communities);

• Gender (Domestic & Gender-Based Violence - DGBV); and

• Human Rights (Socio-economic empowerment programs) in schools, communities and to women organised in groups.

 

Strategic interventions:

• Capacity development promotion programs

• Sustainability and exit strategy programs

• Behavioural change promotion programs

• Documentation and Media.