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COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMENS’ DAY 23 STATEMENT BY THE HON. DR. JANVIERE NDIRAHISHA REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ICGLR-RTF

Observed annually on March 8, International Women’s Day serves as a focal point for the women’s rights movement and raises awareness of topics including gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. The day is celebrated by both state and non-state actors based on an annual theme derived from a pertinent trend or issue influencing the livelihood of women and girls based on the aforementioned parameters. According to UNWOMEN, the theme for the 2023 women’s day is “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for gender [...]

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UNITAR SIGNS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION – REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY

On 19 August 2021, Geneva, Switzerland (Virtual) – UNITAR’s Division for Peace is excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  with  the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region – Regional Training Facility (ICGLR-RTF) with the goal of contributing to international, regional, and local efforts aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region. UNITAR and the ICGLR-RTF have a strong working relationship, and the signing of this MoU represents the formalisation of the partnership and a recommitment towards comprehensive joint programming. Since its inception in 2014, the ICGLR-RTF has trained over 1500 professionals that manage cases of [...]

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25 Apr

Covid-19 and Domestic Violence:  Four Ways Out of a Double Pandemic, By Nathan Mwesigye Byamukama

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, women and girls are more vulnerable than ever. With the world staying at home due to the pandemic, we see a rise in sexual and gender based violence including domestic violence. It is a double pandemic for women and girls. Domestic violence keeps exponentially increasing and faster than the COVID – 19 in lockdown families. We need to effectively handle the two pandemics concurrently because the two kill, if not prevented. It is [...]

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Regional Countries urged to do more to combat SGBV

“Sexual and Gender Based Violence is one of the biggest wars that we have today in the Great Lakes Region,” Uganda’s State Minister for Gender and Culture- Peace Mutuuzo told a Regional Symposium on the best practices to combat SGBV in the Great Lakes region on Thursday December 12, 2019. The three days’ symposium at the Speke Resort- Munyonyo, Kampala brought together SGBV experts from all the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) member States as well [...]

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ICGLR-RTF trains Master Trainers on Sexual and Gender Based Violence

(Kampala, Uganda, 2 May 2017) – This week, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Regional Training Facility on the Prevention and Suppression of Sexual Violence in the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR-RTF) commences an extensive training programme. The first part of the programme, supported by World Bank and NICHE, entails a one week training from 8 to 12 May 2017: ICGLR-RTF Training of Master Trainers on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (part 1) The 12 selected Master Trainers will complete [...]

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6th Kigali International Conference Declaration (KICD) Annual General Meeting on the role of security organs to end violence against women and girls

The 6th KICD AGM Conference: The annual general meetings are held on rotational basis and during the 5th AGM held in Algeria, it was decided that the 6th AGM will be held in the Republic of Uganda in March, 2017. The Conference was held on the 6th and 7th March 2017.  Preceding the meeting, there was a series of weeklong nationwide activities highlighting efforts in combating Violence Against Women and Girls and culminated into the International Women´s Day on 8th [...]

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