Women’s economic empowerment is a requirement for sustainable development and growth. IST works to empower women and girls in the...

In order to empower women in the informal sector for social and economic self –reliance, the Institute for Social Transformation...

With the outbreak of COVID-19, a global pandemic and institution of lockdowns, market communities in Uganda were categorized as essential...

We have trained over 40,000 women entrepreneurs in leadership, voice, rights and power, human and women’s rights. Majority of whom...

We have built strong cooperatives with market women in Busia, Iganga, Kampala, Wakiso, Gulu, Arua and Pader with a focus...

Over time, IST observed that many male entrepreneurs in market settings lack awareness of human and women’s rights gaps that...

From inception, IST’s primary methodology is through Training for Transformation (TFT); envisioned to transform the mind of vulnerable women who are...

We run a needs-based adult literacy class for market communities in Kampala and Wakiso districts in Uganda. The Adult literacy...

IST has also been able to appreciate and design interventions for refugee market women and vendors who by nature of...