She also added that there was still a huge gap in rural organizing which was very challenging. She pledged UNESO’s commitment to continue their nationwide mapping of sex worker led organizations.
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The International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA) together with HEPS Uganda and Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) have received funding from PEPFAR Uganda to implement a 6-months Community Led Monitoring (CLM) Pilot Project in Uganda. We are seeking to recruit 40 community monitors who will be stationed across 13 PEPFAR implementing mechanisms in the regions of; Teso sub region, Eastern, Jinja, Acholi sub region, West Nile, Kampala metropolitan, South Western, Rwenzori region, Central 1 (Mubende), Central 2 (Masaka), and Mid-west (Hoima).
She further explained that the organization had come to the realization that survival in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for everyone and therefore, there was need to find strategies to transition and adjust to the new normal.
The project was inspired by years of community engagement and recent scholarly and community research which repeatedly pointed to the impact of stigma, violence, and social isolation faced by the LGBT community in Uganda.
The Odyssey of Desire will tomorrow 29th August 2020 hold a live Twitter conversation featuring HER Internet’s Sandra Kwikiriza. The live chat will candidly address all things sexting, sex tapes and nudes and nothing will be off limits.
“In the eyes of a pandemic” is a documentary film showing the impact of COVID-19 on LGBT and sex workers community in Uganda, the strategies deployed by community members and organisation through the lockdown
The two officials that were issued summons by the Chief Magistrates court, in the criminal case arising from the torture of some of the #COSF detainees, did not turn up for the hearing. The two summoned are the LCIII Chairman Kyengera Town Council Hajji Abdul Kiyimba and Philemon Woniala the Deputy Officer in charge of Kitalya Prison where the #COSF20 were detained.
Alliance of Women Advocating for Change (AWAC) has released her first edition of the SWARM Magazine online. SWARM which stands for Sex Workers’ Advocacy and Resilience Magazine is an annual publication that aims at putting in the spotlight the stories of struggles and resilience of female sex workers’ social justice movement in Uganda.
The Chief Magistrates Court of Wakiso last week issued criminal summons to the Chairman Local Council III of Kyengera Town Council, Hajj Abdul Kiyimba and Prisons Officer Philimon Woniala to answer charges of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment meted out against the COSF-20.
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum together with Tranz Network Uganda have released a study on how the legal and policy environment affects access to justice for transgender persons in Uganda.