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Women Street Vendors in the Parliament of Uganda: A Lesson in Courage
‘As human beings, there’s a respect that we deserve because all of us have our rights. Even when we are on the streets, everyone must respect us. Something that does not happen most of the time…’ A woman vendor from Naguru market Nothing less than my interaction with the Parliament has inaugurated my journey into the women’s rights movement of Uganda. My curiosity could not grow bigger as Beckie, one of the AMwA sisters, and I walked down the corridors of the official buildings. Akina Mama wa Afrika had been invited to the Public Forum Meeting organised by SIHA Network, which gathered women street vendors, the Uganda Women’s Parliamentary Forum (UWOPA), and civil society organisations. Fifteen women from the…
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