Statements

At a time when climate justice, gender justice, and climate financing discourse in Africa is expanding but has suppressed the voices of African women and gender-expansive persons, AMwA as a feminist pan-African regional organization, strives to amplify their art and work and provide them with the tools and platforms to…

As we push for a healthy planet, the health for all agenda remains under-resourced and unfunded. ​​And as the world enters the 3rd year of the Covid19 pandemic, African governments face important choices and decisions in terms of health spending, climate crises and economic recovery. In Uganda as in many…

A democratic nation reflects every member of its society. The one where its political space mirrors every group in its society. Unfortunately, a truly democratic nation is yet to be formed and even proves difficult in developing and under-developed countries. African countries are often declared the least democratic in the…

According to Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) data on youth participation in parliaments, only 2.2 percent of parliamentarians are under 30, and less than 1 percent are young women. Thus, although 33.8% of the members of parliament in Uganda are female and women’s representation in the Ugandan Cabinet progressed from 28.7% in…

Acknowledging that the current climate crisis is characterized by both sudden and gradual onset environmental impacts such as cyclones, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, floods and hurricanes, has resulted in 30.7 million displacements in 2020[1]. The impacts and experiences of people affected by climate-induced disasters vary depending on one’s realities…