KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — More than 100 women die during childbirth each week in Uganda, a heartbreaking statistic that has energized activists to go to the Supreme Court in a bid to force the government ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Advertisements pinned on the walls of shopping malls in Uganda’s capital promise young women a free ticket to a well-paying job in Malaysia as a nanny, maid or bartender.

The recent survey by Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchi has brought to the fore a deeply troubling reality regarding the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda 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, rights ...

JINJA, Uganda (Reuters) -Wearing floor-length dresses and wrap-around skirts, the group of elderly women giggle and tease each other as they jog in pairs, hand in hand, across a playing field in ...

The Ugandan woman who gave birth to twins at the age of 70 through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) shared the first photos of her babies after being discharged from the hospital. In late November at ...

A graduation event was interrupted when a woman collapsed and died while giving a speech. The video sparked widespread ...

(Reuters) - Nineteen-year-old Lydia Nantale makes her way home from work through the squalor of the Katanga Slum in central Kampala, Uganda's capital. But there's only time for a quick change of ...

The Rising Woman Initiative, now in its seventh edition, is significantly expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurs across Uganda. Organized by the Daily Monitor in partnership with dfcu Bank, ...

Over 1,000 women entrepreneurs across eight African countries, including Uganda, are set to benefit from the Women Entrepreneurship for Africa (IYBA-WE4A) programme -- a grant initiative designed to ...

One morning about five years ago as she walked with her husband near Cardiff School, Lorraine Esgate was startled to encounter an unexpected spectacle. A lithe woman calmly glided through school ...

A woman shocked onlookers at the airport when two men proposed to her. She rejected one and accepted the other, leaving many ...