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Femme Forte Uganda

@femmeforteug

A feminist organization focusing on; Body Rights & Integrity, Economic Equality and Transformative Feminist Leadership. Visit our shop: @herwellnessug

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This #InternationalLaborDay, we honor all the hands, hearts, and histories that build and sustain us. We see you. We thank you. We celebrate you.

This #InternationalLaborDay, we honor all the hands, hearts, and histories that build and sustain us.

We see you. We thank you. We celebrate you.
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Earlier today, 3 members of our team visited the Makerere Art Gallery for Jimmy Spire Ssentongo’s exhibition on “Art as Social Commentary in Ugandan Civil Society.” Through satire, caricature, and bold visual storytelling, Spire’s work challenges us to reflect on injustice,

Earlier today, 3 members of our team visited the Makerere Art Gallery for Jimmy Spire Ssentongo’s exhibition on “Art as Social Commentary in Ugandan Civil Society.” Through satire, caricature, and bold visual storytelling, Spire’s work challenges us to reflect on injustice,
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This morning, our Chief Steward, Penelope Sanyu, participated in a panel discussion at “A Meeting of Minds and Hearts: A Reflection on the Role of Feminist and Transformational Leadership in Movement Building,” hosted by Akina Mama wa Afrika. Speaking on the panel titled “Learning from

This morning, our Chief Steward, Penelope Sanyu, participated in a panel discussion at “A Meeting of Minds and Hearts: A Reflection on the Role of Feminist and Transformational Leadership in Movement Building,” hosted by <a href="/amwaafrika/">Akina Mama wa Afrika</a>.

Speaking on the panel titled “Learning from
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This afternoon, we had the pleasure of hosting the Afya na Haki team, led by their Director General, Dr. Moses Mulumba. Our discussion focused on the Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) programme, where Femme Forte serves as an implementing partner. LIRA aims to

This afternoon, we had the pleasure of hosting the <a href="/afyanahakiug/">Afya na Haki</a> team, led by their Director General, Dr. Moses Mulumba. 

Our discussion focused on the Litigating Reproductive Justice in Africa (LIRA) programme, where Femme Forte serves as an implementing partner. LIRA aims to
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Today we hosted our feminist friends and sisters to push back against the growing anti-gender movement in Uganda. Under the guise of “family values. ” Our rights are under attack but together, we are reclaiming the narrative. We are building a collective feminist call to

Today we hosted our  feminist friends and sisters to push back against the growing anti-gender movement in Uganda. Under the guise of “family values. ” 

Our rights are under attack but together, we are reclaiming the narrative. We are building a collective feminist call to
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Today, we celebrate the women who build movements from the ground up; the ones who teach resilience over perfection, and power over passivity. Here’s to the mothers showing their girls how to shatter glass ceilings, not just fit into glass slippers. Happy Mother’s Day!

Today, we celebrate the women who build movements from the ground up; the ones who teach resilience over perfection, and power over passivity. 

Here’s to the mothers showing their girls how to shatter glass ceilings, not just fit into glass slippers. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Stop Begging for Our Lives: The Cost of Donor-Controlled SRHR in Uganda and the Feminist Path to Autonomy: femmeforteug.org/stop-begging-f…

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Happy Birthday to our visionary Founder, Penelope Sanyu! Today, we celebrate not just another year of your life, but the passion, purpose, and power you bring to the Femme Forte movement. Your leadership inspires change, your voice uplifts others, and your vision shapes a more just

Happy Birthday to our visionary Founder, <a href="/latagal/">Penelope Sanyu</a>! 

Today, we celebrate not just another year of your life, but the passion, purpose, and power you bring to the Femme Forte movement. Your leadership inspires change, your voice uplifts others, and your vision shapes a more just
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Periods are not shameful. They are not dirty, impure, or something to hide. And yet, for generations, we’ve been told otherwise. We’ve been taught to whisper, to conceal pads like contraband, to carry the weight of stigma in silence. femmeforteug.org/when-it-first-…

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Together for a #PeriodFriendlyWorld! Being period-friendly means making room for every experience, including those that come with pain, discomfort, or confusion. Periods aren’t always “mild” or “manageable” and when they’re not, it shouldn’t be ignored. If your cycle is

Together for a #PeriodFriendlyWorld!

Being period-friendly means making room for every experience, including those that come with pain, discomfort, or confusion. 

Periods aren’t always “mild” or “manageable” and when they’re not, it shouldn’t be ignored.

If your cycle is
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We strongly condemn the militarised and gendered attack on SP Esther Kiiza. Forcing a woman in uniform to undress at gunpoint is not just a gross abuse of power, it is a clear act of violence against women. This cruelty must not be ignored.#JusticeForEstherKiiza #EndVAWG Link to

We strongly condemn the militarised and gendered attack on SP Esther Kiiza. Forcing a woman in uniform to undress at gunpoint is not just a gross abuse of power, it is a clear act of violence against women. This cruelty must not be ignored.#JusticeForEstherKiiza #EndVAWG
Link to
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Earlier today, Femme Forte, through our Her Wellness Shop program hosted an equip circle called “Soft Space, Strong Souls”, together with QWESHUNGA, with the aim of reclaiming mental wellness as a feminist priority and cultivating practices of care that are accessible, creative,

Earlier today, Femme Forte, through our <a href="/HerWellnessUg/">Her Wellness Shop</a> program hosted an equip circle called “Soft Space, Strong Souls”, together with <a href="/qweshunga/">QWESHUNGA</a>, with the aim of reclaiming mental wellness as a feminist priority and cultivating practices of care that are accessible, creative,
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Yesterday at the #AgilePhilanthropy conference in Kigali, madam Jacqueline Asiimwe of @CivSourceAfrica shared strong and honest thoughts about giving and support work. She said the number of people joining the philanthropy space is growing and reminded us that knowing why you are

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We’re live at the 9th #EAPhilanthropyNetwork Conference in Kigali! Come visit Femme Forte Uganda’s Feminist Healing Village. As philanthropy shifts and the civic space shrinks, the loss is not just financial; it’s emotional, cultural, and political. Come co-create a living archive of

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It is not enough to dismantle the structures that keep us poor. We must also design and build the systems that allow us all to thrive. Because true liberation lies not just in surviving inequity, but in imagining and creating a future where everyone flourishes. We are

It is not enough to dismantle the structures that keep us poor. We must also design and build the systems that allow us all to thrive.

Because true liberation lies not just in surviving inequity, but in imagining and creating a future where everyone flourishes.

We are
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There’s an Elephant in the Room. Come Help Us Name It. At the 9th #EAPhilanthropyNetwork Conference, our Chief Steward, Penelope Sanyu, is co-leading a candid conversation about the future of resourcing. The recent and ongoing exits of international funders have exposed uncomfortable truths

There’s an Elephant in the Room. Come Help Us Name It. 

At the 9th <a href="/EAPhilanthropy/">#EAPhilanthropyNetwork</a> Conference, our Chief Steward, <a href="/latagal/">Penelope Sanyu</a>, is co-leading a candid conversation about the future of resourcing. The recent and ongoing exits of international funders have exposed uncomfortable truths