For over twenty years, North and North Eastern Uganda experinced war and several forms of conflicts that had adverse effect on the livelihood of the population especially women. There were human rights violations, massive and forced displacement of the population, abductions of women and children and general collapse of the economy in the region. The government of Uganda responded to these challenges by launching the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) for North & North Eastern Uganda whose full implementation commenced in July 2009. [+]

African women’s organizations have an opportunity, as part of commemorating 15 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) of 1995, to mobilize at the national, sub regional, and regional levels in order to hold their governments accountable for commitments made to women’s rights including those in the BPfA, the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, CEDAW (which was adopted 30 years ago in 1979)) and the Millennium Declaration and Goals. African women’s organizations and individual activists also have the opportunity to strategize on the role they can play at the national and regional level going forward to truly advance women’s access to and enjoyment of human rights over the next five years. Full Report