By Mark Muganga (@Kasiitamark) On 3rd April 2023, Ugandans living in Canada, at the weekend, demonstrated against the recently passed anti-gay Bill, as they called upon human rights activists to dissuade President Museveni from assenting to it.According to press statements from the organisers, the demonstrations were held at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario – Queen Park in Toronto. Among the…

By Mark Muganga (@KasiitaMark)Credit to #MPactGlobal & #GATE As we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia join us in declaring homophobia & transphobia a public health crisis. Be a part of this important sign on letter: We the undersigned believe that homophobia and transphobia constitute a public health crisis globally. Homophobia and transphobia are killing…

Kasiita Mark Muganga The Uganda Management Institute (UMI) in partnership with Feed the Future, USAID on Thursday, July 28, 2022, held a public policy dialogue to help policy members acquire knowledge on how to address the challenge of gender dynamics, the biggest facing food security in Uganda. Themed, Gender Responsiveness of the Agricultural Extension Services: Implications for Income and Food…

By Muganga Mark Kasiita (Twitter @Kasiitamark) On Friday, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling overturning federal protections for abortion rights and allowing states to impose severe restrictions on reproductive healthcare access across the country. “For many individuals and families, reproductive healthcare is the first point of entry to the formal health care system and a critical link to HIV…

National Youth Statement on the FY2022/23 National Budget Theme of the Budget 2022/23 Full Monetisation of Uganda’s Economy through Commercial Agriculture, Industrialisation, Expanding and Broadening Services, Digital Transformation and Market Access. “ June 2022 1.0 IntroductionGovernment through the Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, yesterday Tuesday 14th June…

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE WORLD MESNTRUAL HYGIENE DAY2022

“Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030” By Muganga Mark Kasiita (Twitter @Kasiitamark) Uganda today 28th of May, Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the World Menstrual Hygiene day. This year, the theme for this day is ‘Making Menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030”.This theme is critical to this time because Girls and Young Women in countries like Uganda have been…

20.2 MILLION GIRLS AND WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV

Kasiita Mark MugangaGirls and women make up more than half of the 37.7 million people living with HIV. Ending AIDS by 2030 requires that we address girls’ and women’s diverse roles by putting them at the centre of the response

By Muganga Mark Kasiita (Twitter @Kasiitamark) Power to You(th), She Leads, and We Lead are Dutch funded programmes that are currently being implemented in Uganda. These programmes aim at; promoting and upholding the rights of young people in all their diversities; creating awareness on the harmful practices including Female Genital Mutilation, Child marriage, teenage pregnancies, and SGBV;…