Author: Insocitrans4

Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the CSW62

Firstly, I want to congratulate and thank everybody for their excellent work and the progress that we have begun to make in this area. We are not there yet but I have to say it...

IST Hosts Language, Gender and Leadership Network

The Institute for Social Transformation recently hosted the Language, Gender and Leadership Network meeting in Kampala. The aim was to enhance economic development and the...

IST Study on Markets, Access and Nature of GBV

Women market vendors in Uganda provide consistent access to a wide range of much-needed goods, generate their households’ main income, create informal jobs within markets, and...

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Institute For Social Transformation Partner to Empower Women Entrepreneurs

The Institute for Social Transformation-IST has partnered with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) to Empower Market Women Entrepreneurs with knowledge and skills on a number of...

The Plight of Uganda Market Women Entrepreneurs and What IST is Doing to Reverse the Situation

In Uganda, markets are organised under a general structure that comprises men and women. The management structure includes: the chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer...

Promoting Collective Responsibility within Families to Reduce VAW

Over the past two decades, major world conferences and summits, such as those organised by the United Nations, have called attention to the issues affecting families, including...