The planned resettlement of a group of Ugandan returnees from Tanzania, currently camped in Kikagati, Mbarara District, in the southwest, has been delayed following resistance from local residents in the proposed resettlement area.

Comprehensive AIDS education can make pupils aware of the need to protect themselves against infection. It can also bring about gradual changes in the wider social environment, making safer sex more acceptable. But what is the best way to introduce AIDS education to schools with scarce resources and a packed curriculum?

Among the gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS identified, inadequacy of gender sensitive and responsive HIV & AIDS policies and programmes was highlighted. In response, one of the main recommendations was that HIV & AIDS policies and programmes must integrate gender.

The planned resettlement of a group of Ugandan returnees from Tanzania, currently camped in Kikagati, Mbarara District, in the southwest, has been delayed following resistance from local residents in the proposed resettlement area.

The African NGO Refugee Protection Network seeks an experienced professional to set-up and develop an electronic Network of human rights organisations working with refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Training of trainers and promoters on the administrative and financial management of health micro insurance schemes.

UGANDA has the largest sanctuary for migratory birds from Europe and South Africa, a researcher has said.

Since last year the Mifumi Project, a Ugandan NGO, has been engaged in a major campaign to reform bride price. This arose out of our work with rural people to alleviate poverty and promote social justice. In working to promote the rights of women bride price was highlighted as a contributing factor to poverty, domestic violence and the social inequality of women and children.

Reading the title of this article and knowing the history of Uganda, one may ask: “which war?” There have been several civil wars in my country since independence; in fact, currently (un)civil war rages in the northern and southwestern regions of Uganda. The civil strife that I refer to here is that which Ugandans witnessed between 1981 and 1986. The war itself was concentrated in the so-called “Luwero Triangle” - a large swathe of land lying just 50 miles northwest of the capital city, Kampala. Nevertheless, generalized violence and bloodshed rippled throughout the length and breadth of the country and touched each one of us. Moreover, the civil war took place against a historical backdrop of vicious military and civilian dictatorships in Uganda's post-independent politics. The words “duka-duka” were reminiscent of the times - running for cover and fleeing civil strife.

Kampala, 23-27 July 2002
To build and consolidate powerful relationships between participating organizations, in order to create new programs to make information on the position of women, and for women, highly accessible and visible.

Kampala, 23-27 July 2002
To build and consolidate powerful relationships between participating organizations, in order to create new programs to make information on the position of women, and for women, highly accessible and visible.

The opposition Ugandan People's Congress (UPC) party has vowed to press ahead with plans to publicly challenge a government ban on political rallies, despite Saturday's aborted effort in the capital, Kampala, in which a student was killed and four others were injured.

Ugandaid at www.ugandaid.net is an initiative of the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator. It is maintained by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on behalf of other UN Agencies, donors, NGOs, and the Government of Uganda The site is intended to help, above all, the refugees, displaced, and victims of natural disasters and poverty in Uganda.

The Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women 1986-2001 has been prepared for a new book entitled The New Women's Movement in Uganda to be launched at the Women's Worlds 2002 Congress, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. The book is edited by Joy Kwesiga and Aili Tripp, and the bibliography is prepared by Sheela Jhaveri and Margaret Snyder.

The Police force is being depleted of useful personnel by the AIDS scourge, the Inspector-General has warned.

Progress towards a resolution of the long-running conflict in the west of Uganda must now be followed up by substantial commitments aimed at improving social and economic conditions in the region. According to the findings of African Rights’ latest report, Avoiding an Impasse, Understanding the Conflict in Western Uganda, people in the west are weary and impoverished after some five years of attacks and destruction by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Tens of thousands are still displaced from their homes. There is general approval of intensified efforts by the government to resolve the conflict, but people still feel vulnerable and neglected.

When Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni meets with Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir this week in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, he is likely to seek the deportation of Joseph Kony, leader of a rebel group operating in northern Uganda with bases in southern Sudan.

The Ugandan government is planning for a February start on the resettlement of a group of Ugandan returnees from Tanzania, currently camped in Kikagati in the southwest, where some of them have been camped under deplorable conditions for over a year, a senior official told IRIN on Thursday.

In Kenya and Uganda, UNIFEM supported the Coalition for Violence against Women of Kenya and Raising Voice of Uganda to publish a book based on a collection of newspaper coverage on the subject from 1998 to date. This book will be used as an advocacy and lobby tool for action on violence against women in two selected districts. A tribunal has also been organized to hear women victims of violence. For more information, contact Mary Mbeo.