NUWODU
A Society where girls and Women with disabilities live dignified lives
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Enlightenment in Humanitarian Response for Girls and Women with Disabilities
In 2018; NUWODU carried out a few trainings on Gender Based Violence and referral systems, Rights Awareness and Empowerment for Refugee Girls and Women with Disabilities in the district of Yumbe. The beneficiaries shared their stories as follows; I am Betty Selua aged 23 with physical disability. I live with my grandmother, parents and siblings. […]
Empowering Rural Women and Girls: Opportunities And Challenges
Nakiyemba Rashida dropped out of school in P.4 due to a lot of teasing and mockery from students over her intellectual disability. At 36 years old with 5 kids, Rashida admitted to using Family Planning with the Pill being her choice of protection after suffering adverse effects from injectables and the Implant. Despite being on […]
Neglecting Girls with Disabilities
Attitudes of Service Providers and Parents were changed when Children with Disabilities from Paipir Primary School in Pader district acted a drama on the parental neglect of Girls with Disabilities out of their preference for boys with disabilities during the international celebration for the Day of the African Child. This message was to raise awareness […]
Who We Are
National Union of Women with Disabilities of Uganda (NUWODU) is a women-led Disabled People’s Organization. It is legally registered in Uganda with the National NGO Board as a Non -Governmental Organization.
It was formed in 1999 by a group of women and youth with disabilities at a National conference held in Kampala Uganda as a result of violation of rights of women and girls with Disabilities, torture, barriers to social services, double discrimination, and lack of recognition by women’s Rights movement, Government and societal discrimination as a minority population in Uganda.
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