Women’s Advocacy Network petition unanimously adopted by Parliament KAMPALA – On 9 April 2014, the Ugandan Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of a “gender sensitive reparations fund” and the offering of reparations for war-affected women and men. The resolution also calls for the government to provide free and accessible health services for … Continue reading Parliament adopts resolution to address the needs of war-affected →
Today is a very important day for the war affected women in northern Uganda. After presenting a petition to members of parliament seeking their intervention to address challenges they continue to face in post conflict northern Uganda, a motion was moved in parliament on 3rd of April 2014 by Hon Ronald Regan Okumu for a … Continue reading A milestone achieved →
Voices Issue 3 (pdf) Editorial Justice, Reconciliation and the Right to Know Oryem Nyeko In the middle of 2012, JRP began filming a documentary in Amuria District in Teso sub-region. We moved onto Lango, West Nile and Acholi sub-regions, where we interviewed the family and friends of individuals that are still missing because of … Continue reading Voices Magazine Issue 3 →
Last Friday, JRP’s Gender Justice Project Officer, Nancy Apiyo, was awarded with the Volunteer Action Network (VAC-NET) Women 4 Peace Awards for her contribution to peace and reconciliation and her work with women, particularly the Women’s Advocacy Network. Citing her mother as her greatest inspiration, Nancy promised to push on with the fight for equality … Continue reading Women 4 Peace Awards – Congratulations Nancy Apiyo! →
It is five months since the Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) was officially launched. Since then the Network has been involved in a number of advocacy activities which include community outreach meetings, holding meetings with various stakeholders to advocate for our issues, holding regular radio talk shows to create awareness on the challenges we face among … Continue reading WAN – Our Journey →
Since it is currently at the centre of transitional justice debates in Uganda and other post-conflict societies, the topic ‘reparations’ was chosen as the theme of the second issue of JRP’s quarterly magazine Voices. Contents Letter from the PC Editorial Reparations and the Law No One Responded to My Plea An elderly victims’ cry for … Continue reading Voices Magazine Issue 2 →
We regard community-led transitional justice processes as critical elements in post-conflict justice and reconciliation. To aid these processes, JRP focuses in the following 4 areas: Documentation We document conflict-related experiences and memories of individuals, communities and victims’ groups to preserve memory, acknowledge loss and promote healing and reconciliation. We also support community-led documentation efforts. Initiatives … Continue reading Initiatives →
A week ago the JRP team conducted financial management training in Aromo sub-county with members of Awe Ikoko Women’s Group one of the groups under the Women’s Advocacy Network housed by JRP. The objective of the training is to impact knowledge to victims of SGBV in five WAN groups to have increased agency to plan for their … Continue reading Women training on how to plan for the future →
