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Uganda begins journey to Miss Universe with inaugural national competition

Uganda has officially launched the inaugural Miss Universe Uganda 2026 competition, marking the country's first participation in the globally renowned Miss Universe platform.The competition was ...
Westword

Boulder non-profit is changing the lives of Ugandan women one bead at a time

“I was so excited! I just got out of Spanish class and ran down the hallway to meet her. It’s like meeting a rock star,” says Stella Brown, an eighth-grader at Boulder’s Horizon’s K-8 School. Brown ...
The Independent

Johnnie Walker and the business of women’s networks

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Corporate networking events are increasingly becoming more than social gatherings. For ...
Washington Examiner

As gender equity rises, more Ugandan women divorce

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — More women are initiating divorces in Uganda, a conservative East African country where women are becoming empowered to leave a bad marriage in a way their mothers could not, ...
Los Angeles Times

In coffee-producing Uganda, an emerging sisterhood wants more women involved

SIRONKO, Uganda — Meridah Nandudu envisioned a coffee sisterhood in Uganda, and the strategy for expanding it was simple: Pay a higher price per pound when a female grower took the beans to a ...
Mongabay

In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion

Changing rainfall patterns have led to increasingly frequent flooding in western Uganda’s Kasese district, destroying farmers’ homes and fields. The damage is exacerbated by the loss of tree cover, as ...
Global Voices Online

Women politicians face tech-facilitated violence in Uganda’s 2026 elections

Since gaining independence from the UK in October 1962, Ugandan women have played a critical role in shaping politics and governance throughout the country. From Joyce Mpanga, who served as Minister ...