Uganda
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Bicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 556 |
| Percentage of women | 33.81% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Since gaining independence from the UK in October 1962, Ugandan women have played a critical role in shaping politics and governance throughout the country.
Women leaders under the National Women’s Council have appealed to all stakeholders in Uganda’s electoral process to champion peace and prevent acts of violence during and after the forthcoming elections.
Electoral gender quotas in Uganda – first introduced in 1989 – have increased women’s numbers in Uganda’s parliament to
KAMPALA – Activists have decried underlying factors that still pose a threat to the attained efforts in the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women in political, economic and social spheres.
Ugandan women as a special interest group remain on the sidelines of mainstream politics despite years of affirmative action, a new government report has revealed.
Honorable Rose Obigah is a politician from Uganda and a newcomer to the legislature. During the just completed 2021 Uganda general elections, she was chosen to serve as a woman member representing Terego district.
The British High Commission, in partnership with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), UN Women and the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) on December 07 launched the second cohort of their mentorship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kakumiro Woman Member of Parliament Robinah Nabbanja has been approved by legislators as Uganda’s first female Prime Minister.
The Parliament of Uganda has Monday morning approved the appointment of Hon Jessica Alupo as new Vice President of Uganda.
As Uganda’s general elections, scheduled for January and February 2021, approach, many are asking what they will bring. Another important question to ask, however, is what they will cost.
In an effort to increase the participation of women in the coming general elections, UN Women officials have met with the top leadership of the El
Former Ethics and Integrity minister Dr. Miria Matembe has challenged women to take up more leadership positions in the forthcoming general elections, in order to achieve gender balance.
Bhatia, who also doubles as the Deputy Executive Director of the UN Women said she was pleased that at least 52 percent of positions on the committees in Maaji Refugee Settlement in Adjumani district, Northern Uganda were won by women.
Women leaders from the EAC holding na
Uganda will host women leaders and ministers in charge for women affairs in Kampala for the 8th Commonwealth Women Affairs Ministers Meeting. The theme of the upcoming meeting is "Financing Gender Equality for Development and Democracy."
The lawyers from the Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda succeeded in changing unfavorable for women law on adultery. The constitutional court of Uganda ruled in favor of a group of female activists to omit the law from the penal code.
WOMEN Prisoners' Support Organisation (WPSO), a non-governmental organisation, together with Irish Aid, has established a functional literacy and skills training programme for prisoners in Jinja main prison.
Uganda's position to increase the number of women in the military, police and prisons services, professions that have largely remained a preserve of men was presented by the State Minister for Gender, Rukia Isanga at the ongoing 8th Commonwealth Women Affairs Ministers' Meeting at Speke Resort Mu
President Yoweri Museveni said 'education for all' was crucial in eliminating gender inequality in the Commonwealth countries.
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The future of women on the globe attracted immense attention, lobbying, and talk last week as 32 delegations of women affairs ministers from the 53 Commonwealth countries jetted into Uganda and pitched camp at Speke Resort Munyonyo on the shores of Lake Victoria.
An American film star, Natalie Portman, has commended Ugandan women for their entrepreneurship, saying it has brought hope to vulnerable communities.
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The multiparty system of governance does not promote women's participation in leadership, former ethics minister Miria Matembe has said. She attacked the Government for co-opting young women into State structures, making them keep quiet.
Although affirmative action has gone a long way in providing women with leadership roles, their impact in local councils (LCs) and Parliament is yet to be realised.
Women Members of Parliament will present the Domestic Violence Bill (DRB) as a Private Members Bill if government fails to move it before the House by the end of this year.
This Thursday, when finance minister Syda Bbumba makes a grand entry into the Serena Conference Centre to present the 2009/2010 budget, she will in all likelihood be greeted by thunderous applause.
Very soon wives in Uganda will legally have the right to a share in their husband’s property, that’s if the country’s new speaker of parliament has her way.
18 Mar 2012 - The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has expressed concern over the failure of the minister for gender, lab