Women Rights Initiative - WORI

Women Rights Initiative - WORI The organization’s main aim is to enhance the capacity of women and support their efforts towards their development and health.
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Empowering women and youth throughout Uganda to advocate against violence through human rights education and advocacy, skills and information to strengthen capacities and visibility Women Rights Initiative (WORI) is an action oriented women’s organization that was founded in 2007 in Uganda by three young women to respond and arise to the challenges of human and women’s rights, fighting poverty, c

reating awareness on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, capacity building in leadership and governance at grass root levels. The organization has a special interest in the plight of women and youths as they are most susceptible to psychological, physical, social and economical vulnerability.

Happy Uganda Martyrs Day. 🕊️On this day in 1886 dozens of young men were executed at Namugongo for refusing to abandon t...
03/06/2026

Happy Uganda Martyrs Day. 🕊️

On this day in 1886 dozens of young men were executed at Namugongo for refusing to abandon their faith. Catholics and Anglicans alike, some barely out of childhood, chose conviction over survival.

139 years later their courage still calls millions to pilgrimage and still speaks to all of us working for justice in Uganda.

At WORI their legacy reminds us that standing for something bigger than yourself is never wasted.

Blessed Martyrs Day from the WORI family. 🙏🏾

Earlier this year we announced our partnership with CARE International Uganda under the Periods to Prosperity (P2P) Prog...
01/06/2026

Earlier this year we announced our partnership with CARE International Uganda under the Periods to Prosperity (P2P) Programme — and last week we hit our first milestone. 🌸

We completed our first 5-day training right here in Jinja City and honestly it was everything we hoped it would be.

30 VSLAs came through the doors and left with something real. The skills to produce their own sanitary pads. The business knowledge to market and sell them. And the confidence to build income out of both.

This programme is for women at workplaces across Jinja, Kamuli and Mayuge districts and this first training was just the beginning.

Kamuli you are next. We are coming. 💚

Hello June. A new month has arrived and at WORI we welcome it the same way we welcome every one, with purpose, with comm...
01/06/2026

Hello June.

A new month has arrived and at WORI we welcome it the same way we welcome every one, with purpose, with community and with an unshakeable commitment to the women and girls of Busoga.

New month. Same mission. Stronger together.

Whatever June brings, we face it as one. Thank you for walking this journey with us. Here is to a powerful month ahead.

Women Rights Initiative (WORI) Uganda is looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Office...
27/05/2026

Women Rights Initiative (WORI) Uganda is looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer.

This is an opportunity to lead M&E for our Periods to Prosperity (P2P) Project and wider programmes in Busoga, Eastern Uganda, working with a passionate team committed to gender justice and community impact.

We are looking for a candidate with a degree in Statistics, M&E or a related field, at least 3 years of direct M&E experience, strong data skills and WASH sector knowledge.

To apply send your application letter, CV, National ID and academic documents in one PDF to [email protected] by 2 June 2026.

Please share with anyone in your network who may be a great fit.

Africa did not get its freedom without her.She marched.She organised.She buried her children and still showed up.She was...
25/05/2026

Africa did not get its freedom without her.

She marched.
She organised.
She buried her children and still showed up.
She was written out of the history books and still shaped history.

This Africa Day we remember her. We honour her. And we recommit to fighting for her.

Because freedom that does not reach every woman on this continent is not finished yet.

WORI is here until it is.

What is your child seeing at home?The love you model becomes their standard.The conflict they witness becomes their norm...
21/05/2026

What is your child seeing at home?

The love you model becomes their standard.
The conflict they witness becomes their normal.
The silence they grow up in becomes their language.

Children do not need perfect homes. But they need safe ones.

When violence lives in a home the children carry it out with them into the community into their friendships into their future relationships.

At WORI we fight for safe homes in Busoga because we know the community we build tomorrow is shaped by what our children see today.

The road to change is long.But the right people beside you make it purposeful.We are a team of women walking toward empo...
19/05/2026

The road to change is long.

But the right people beside you make it purposeful.

We are a team of women walking toward empowerment, advocacy and justice for every woman in Busoga. Walk with us. Together we are louder.

Not every happy picture tells a happy story.Behind some smiles are silent battles.Let’s normalize checking in.Let’s norm...
15/05/2026

Not every happy picture tells a happy story.

Behind some smiles are silent battles.

Let’s normalize checking in.
Let’s normalize honest conversations.
Let’s normalize choosing people over appearances.

You never know what someone is carrying.

Any job is a woman's job.If that statement made you uncomfortable, good. Let us talk about why.Women have been told for ...
11/05/2026

Any job is a woman's job.

If that statement made you uncomfortable, good. Let us talk about why.

Women have been told for generations that certain careers are not for them. That the boardroom is too bold for her. That the construction site is too rough for her. That the pulpit is too powerful for her. That the cockpit is too technical for her.

And yet women have been there all along. Doing the work. Getting half the credit. Earning less than the man standing beside her.

At WORI we believe a woman's ambition has no ceiling and her capability has no category. She gets to decide what she does with her life and her talent. Not tradition. Not society. Not the man who is uncomfortable watching her rise.

Any job is a woman's job. And we will keep saying it.

Before we learned what resilience meant we watched our mothers live it.She woke up tired and showed up anyway.She carrie...
10/05/2026

Before we learned what resilience meant we watched our mothers live it.

She woke up tired and showed up anyway.
She carried pain she never let us see.
She built a home out of very little and made it feel like everything.

A mother's strength is not loud. It does not ask for applause. It just keeps going.

This Mother's Day WORI celebrates every mother in Busoga and across Uganda who has held her family together with hands that deserved so much more rest.

You are seen. You are honoured. You are loved.

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Plot 19 Mpumudde
Jinja
256

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

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+256393252010

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