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Mach Lyel Loka’ and the Quiet Violence of Stigma

Between April 2025 and to date, ActionAid International Uganda, with funding support from ActionAid UK under the African Women Voices for Peace project, undertook a series of community awareness

AAIU staff carry out GBV sensitization in Amuru
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Rest in Peace Andrew Collin Asega Yoti

We are deeply saddened to announce the untimely passing of our dear colleague and friend, Andrew Collin Asega Yoti, who tragically lost his life in a fatal accident on 9 July 2025.

ActionAid Launches Safe Space for Women and Girls in Imvepi Refugee Settlement.

ActionAid International Uganda(AAIU) officially launched a newly reconstructed Women and Girls’  Safe Space in Imvepi Refugee Settlement on 30 June, to support the protection, psychosocial wellbeing

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PRESS RELEASE CSOs Demand Concrete Anti-Corruption Measures and Campaign Finance Reforms

We, the undersigned civil society organisations – Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU), Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM), Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), ActionAid International

ActionAid warns the fate of millions ‘hangs in the balance’ as governments fail to deliver at finance summit

he final document of the Fourth UN Financing for Development (FFD4) conference, adopted in New York, fails the litmus test and does not address existential challenges for communities living in poverty

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Tribute to Peter Kamalingin

Peter started his journey at ActionAid International Uganda as a Field Officer in Kapchorwa. He later took on the role of Regional Policy Officer in Pallisa, where he worked with marginalized

Mubende Residents Begin Receiving Compensation for Land After 24 Years

After 24 long years, previous residents of Kitemba, Kijunga, Kilyamakobe and Luwunga in Mubende district, that were un-lawfully evicted to make room for a German coffee investor to start Kaweri coffee

Young People Call for Reforms to East African Youth Policy

In April, young people from different parts of Uganda convened at ActionAid International Uganda to review the current EAC youth policy.

“The discussion was whether the East African Youth Policy

Some of the youth who attended take part in a group discussion

Youth Leaders Receive Capacity Building Training

With support from GIZ and in partnership with Faraja Africa Foundation ActionAind International Uganda/Global Platform Apac, hosted and supported delivery of a Capacity Building Program designed to

Participants attend the workshop at the Global Platform in Apac

Human Rights Defenders equipped to overcome land rights violations

On 19 March 2025, ActionAid Uganda, in collaboration with Witness Radio and Action Alliance, held a four-day training for the Human Rights Defenders(HRD) of the community in Mubende District.

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