An update from AWR director Linda on her most recent travel to Uganda. Learn how the women in our programs have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, about increases in early child marriages and teen pregnancy and why, and good news from…
Dear Friends of African Women Rising, I have been feeling a bit stuck lately. In all senses of the word. I’m sure I am not alone. We have all experienced unprecedented changes to our lives, changes relating to health, movement,…
Dear Friends of African Women Rising, The restriction put in place to prevent the virus from spreading in Uganda have been effective. So far the number of cases in Uganda is 1,043. This is out of a population of 43…
Dear Friends of African Women Rising, This weekend marks World Refugee Day. It is a day to honor and acknowledge the plight of the 80 million people who have been forced to leave their homes because of war, conflict or persecution. 26 million of those…
Dear Friends of African Women Rising, This Sunday, March 8, we celebrate International Women’s Day. The theme for this year is “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights” It’s about time! Despite years of struggle, real change continues to be…
African Women Rising has a new Board President and Linda Eckerbom Cole has been featured in Voyage Los Angeles Santa Barbara, CA: African Women Rising is pleased to announce Carrie Randolph has been elected as its new Board President. After…
Our work in Northern Uganda continues to expand and create life changing opportunities. Some key highlights from 2018: We currently provide support to more than 15,000 women and men, reaching close to 90,000 children (a 35% increase from 2017). A record number of students in the Girls Education program…
Our success in Northern Uganda is measured by the level of financial independence experienced by the women in our programs. In this, we consider increases in the amount of food they are growing, the number of new businesses that have been started; the amount…
Paicho, Gulu District, Northern Uganda. Fiona is 13 years old and wants nothing more than to go to school. That’s her dream. To achieve this she works weekends and holidays at a stone quarry. It is grueling. She gets a…
The last number of weeks have been a bit of a haze as I have been recovering from a nasty bout of malaria. It has been over 20 years since the last time I got it and I was not…
A few days ago I was sitting on the ground with a group of women who have just started working together with African Women Rising. The level of excitement was high, the prospect of change to come, of finally having…