Gender Equality

Our Response

African Women Rising serves as a catalyst for thousands of women and girls in Northern Uganda, supporting them to live their lives with dignity and participate in a more equitable and prosperous future.

20,000+
Women Served
85%
of the people we support are women

Our response includes a programmatic framework that supports women to gain the resources, agency and achievements they need to sustainably rise out of poverty.

RESOURCES
Access to material, human, and social resources that enhance people's ability to
exercise choice.
AGENCY
Increasing participation, voice, negotiation, and influence in decision-making
about strategic life choices.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Meaningful improvements in well-being and life outcomes that result from increasing
agency.

Impact

All our programs amplify each other, contributing in different but complementary ways to our goal of contributing to gender equality in Northern Uganda

Our program activities in education, regenerative agriculture, and microfinance work together to help women improve their self-confidence and feel empowered to make change in their communities. Read below to see the impact of our efforts.

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