Women’s Month 2012 Art Exhibition Closes in Kampala
By Bamuturaki Musinguzi Published March 30, 2012 The Afriart Gallery in Kamwokya, Kampala has just hosted what could be billed as a great line up of some of the best[...]
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Ugandan Writer Narrowly Misses Out on Caine Literary Prize, Pledges to Continue Writing
By Bamuturaki Musinguzi Published July 20, 2011 Beatrice Lamwaka, the Ugandan poet and short story writer who came close to winning the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing, has promised[...]
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Tourism a vehicle for Gender Equity and women’s empowerment
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Make Global Reproductive Health ‘Sexy’
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Breast Milk Saves Lives of Infants
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Parents Urged to Discuss Sex with Their Children
By Bethsheba Achitsa Published June 14, 2009 Though it contributes to the continuation of the human race, sex is treated as if it is downright dirty. The social taboos and[...]
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