The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the risk of Women and Girls with Disabilities experiencing different forms of violence and other rights abuses such as the right to food, information and the right to live free from violence among others. IDIWA intends to strengthen her capacity and that of the co-implementing partner’s, to
PROJECT BACKGROUNDFollowing the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, the Government of Uganda imposed a total lock down in March 2020. This has had devastating effects mainly on the poor people who live from hand to mouth. Women with disabilities are among those most hit by the pandemic, they cannot earn income from their
Sharon Mugero (Not real name) who is a learner at Mulago school of the deaf (she can’t talk or speak) left Kampala when the president closed schools, churches and bars and went to control the spread of Covid-19 and she went to Kamuli (Kakira parish) which is their home village. Before she (Sharon) left she
Disability is without doubt defined differently in different contexts. In the international context, disability is regarded on the one hand as a long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment in which interaction with various barriers may hinder a person’s full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others (United Nation Convention, 61/106
1.0 ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND IDIWA is a non-Governmental Organization established in 2000 by women of different disability categories including Physical, Sensory and Psychosocial disabilities and Parents of Children with Disabilities from Iganga District, on realization that Women and Girls with Disabilities face heightened discrimination on account of gender and disability, which limits their access to social
ON 31st March 2020, media reports in Uganda indicated that “five people had died due to domestic violence since government imposed ‘stay at home ‘measures in mid-March”. In addition, Uganda’s Police spokesman Fred Enanga reported that police noticed a raise in domestic violence cases including murder adding that police would before register one or two