Tag: Sexism
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Cry Karamoja Women!
When push comes to shove, as the national cake is divided during a Cabinet meeting, whose interests will the current ministers of Karamoja Affairs prioritise? Will it be those of their constituencies in the greater south or those of the Karimojong?
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STALKING IS A REAL AND PRESENT DANGER THESE DAYS
Originally posted on kalungikabuye:
Sylvia Rwabwogo A few weeks ago a certain ‘young man’ named Brian Isiko was in the news for all the wrong reasons, but strangely some folks did accept the ‘wrongness’ of what he did. Tabloid sites were all over themselves proclaiming how Isiko had been jailed for love. It probably sounded… -
Sexual Pacification in Politics in Uganda
When women persist in participating in politics, they are asked – “what kind of a woman are you? You are big-headed”.
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Food Trade, Population & Food Insecurity
It is not only France’s Emmanuel Macron who blames African women for ‘underdevelopment’ it seems. The same racist and sexist views it would appear dog Uganda’s policies. Take for example the view of the National Resistance Movement Organisation (NRMO) Administration that an increase in the number of people who are food insecure in Uganda is […]
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Rwomushana insulted female members of parliament likening them to prostitutes
Mr. Charles Rwomushana, a vocal political commentator, insulted female members of parliament for being like prostitutes and it became a huge issue. “A matter of national importance” no less, according to a female member of parliament as quoted by Daily Monitor. Apparently: Disregarding the host’s call for decorum … Rwomushana insisted on referring to female […]