Women Rights Initiative - WORI

09/10/2026

Happy Independence Day Uganda. 🇺🇬

64 years ago this nation chose freedom. And today we celebrate that. With pride. With gratitude. With love for this Pearl of Africa and every person in it.

But at WORI we also use this day to recommit.

Because a nation is only truly free when all its people are. And there are still women in this country who are not free. Not from violence in their homes. Not from systems that exclude them. Not from beliefs that limit what they are allowed to become.

The flag belongs to her too. The freedom belongs to her too.

Happy Independence Day Uganda. The fight for every woman's freedom continues. 🇺🇬💚

06/10/2026

Because you have internet access does not mean everyone does. And because something is obvious to you does not mean it has reached everyone.

Step outside the cities. Step into communities in Eastern Uganda and you will meet women who still believe that a man who does not beat them does not love them. Women who believe that giving birth to an albino child is a curse they brought on themselves. Women who have been told they cannot own land or property because of their gender. Women who were inherited by a brother in law after their husband died because tradition said so.

These are not old stories. They are current realities for women in communities that the internet age has not yet reached in the ways we assume.

What is common knowledge to you is not common knowledge to everyone.

That is not a judgment. It is a reminder. A reminder that whatever you know, whatever you have learned, whatever truth has set you free, there is someone out there hearing it for the first time and feeling something shift inside them.

Do not hold it back. Share it. You might not know whose life it changes. But it will change one.

01/10/2026

We spend more time online than ever before. And so do the people who want to cause harm.

The world has changed. Our phones are extensions of our lives now. And for many women and girls that means the abuse that used to follow them home now follows them everywhere. Into their bedrooms at midnight. Into their hands at breakfast. Into every quiet moment they try to have.

Harassment sent through a DM is harassment. A threat typed in a comment is a threat. Sharing someone's private images without consent is a crime. Coordinated attacks designed to silence a woman online are violence.

None of it is less serious because it happened on a screen.

At WORI we are extending our understanding of gender based violence to include the digital world. Because the women we serve are living in both. And they deserve protection in both.

If you or someone you know is experiencing online abuse please do not dismiss it. It is real. And you deserve support.

28/09/2026

We recently had the honour of hosting Kelly Alexander, Deputy Director of Water+, Programs, Strategy and Innovations at CARE International.

She came to our region to see the Periods to Prosperity Programme in action and to assess the progress of CARE's investment in improving washroom facilities in Mayuge and Jinja.

Because here is something that does not get talked about enough. A girl or a woman cannot manage her period with dignity if she has nowhere clean and safe to do it.

The washroom improvements being done in these districts are designed to give women and girls the private, clean spaces they need to change and care for themselves during their periods. Spaces that do not exist in too many schools and workplaces across Uganda right now.

Progress was seen. Work was affirmed. And the mission continues.

Thank you to Kelly and to for showing up, seeing the work and investing in what truly matters. 💚🌸

23/09/2026

Ladies. We have to become the men we wanted to marry.

Build the career. Start the business. Own the land. Create income that belongs to you.

Not because you do not want a partner. But because financial dependence is the leading reason women cannot leave dangerous situations.

Your independence is your safety. Build it.

18/09/2026

There is more to a child's education than just paying school fees.

And if that sentence makes you uncomfortable it is probably meant for you.

The mother who showed up to every visiting day. Who sat with the homework at night. Who packed the lunch, ironed the uniform and prayed over the child before they left the gate every single morning. Who cried at every prize giving and celebrated every small win like it was the biggest thing in the world.

And the father who paid the fees and called it done.

When that child stands at graduation and the speech is full of mother's name and the father feels left out, we want to ask one question. Where were you when presence was required and money was not enough?

Providing financially is important. It is not the whole job.

At WORI we talk about what a safe, present and engaged home looks like because we know it is the foundation of everything else. Children need both parents to show up. In every way.

This is not about blame. It is about a call to do better.

14/09/2026

Being religious does not make you immune to domestic violence.

She stayed silent because he leads the prayers. Because reporting felt like betraying God. Because the congregation would protect his name before her safety.

Domestic violence is a crime whether it happens in a church home or not.

Faith is not a reason to endure abuse. Seeking help is not a lack of faith.

WORI is here.

09/09/2026

The Periods to Prosperity Programme just reached the islands.

Last week WORI and our partners at headed to the islands of Kisima and what we found there reminded us exactly why this work cannot stop at the mainland.

Life on the islands of Uganda comes with real and unique challenges. Resources are scarce. HIV rates are high. Access to basic health products is limited in ways that many people on the mainland never have to think about.

And on these islands the breadwinners, the decision makers, the ones who shape the culture of the home are largely fishermen. Men.

Which is exactly why training Model Men here matters more than almost anywhere else.

We trained a new group of Model Men who will now carry the message of menstrual dignity, health and support into their homes and communities. And we distributed pads to the residents of the island who needed them most.

When men on those islands understand and support what women go through during their periods everything changes. Because these are the men their families listen to.

The Periods to Prosperity Programme is going further and deeper. And we are just getting started.

08/09/2026

Never be ashamed of your work if it is honest, provides for your family and pays the bills. Be proud of it.

To the woman at the market in Busoga before sunrise arranging her tomatoes. To the one running a small restaurant out of her home. To the one selling secondhand clothes, plaiting hair, making chapati by the roadside.

Society may call it a small job. We call it power.

Because every shilling she earns is a shilling that belongs to her. Every sale she makes is a decision she gets to make for herself and her children. Every day she shows up to that market or that stall she is building something that cannot be taken from her.

At WORI we have seen it too many times. Financial dependence is the leading reason women stay in abusive homes. Not weakness. Not love. The inability to leave without losing everything.

So when a woman earns her own income, any income, she is not just running a business. She is building her exit if she ever needs one. She is building her children's safety. She is building her freedom.

No honest work is small. Be proud of it.

08/09/2026