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Beverley Nsengyiyunva: Authoress Fatale
By Kye Makyeli Passion. Charisma. Captivation. Vivacity. These are just a few of the words that can describe Mrs. Beverley Nambozo Nsengyiyunva; a Ugandan writer strongly affiliated with the arts and women’s rights activism. After her undergraduate stint at the...
Hiding Money From a Spouse
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron After writing ‘Pink Slip Anxiety’, a simple guide on how people can financially prepare for possible job loss, I started thinking about the dynamics around money management in relationships. In most relationships, the partner who is viewed...
Bitterness – The Death of Our Empowerment
By Attiya Karodia I am a realist, forced into the ideology after being subjected to both the best and worst of the world we live in. I therefore am very honest about what I like and what I think can be better, but my negativity is always laced with a way forward, a...
Jailed For Love: Africa and Homosexuality
By Maria Dombaxi Nelson Mandela once said “to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” I wanted to take a minute, and reflect on an ongoing topic that has people concerned. I was trolling...
Weighing Scale Woes
By Elma Asio I have my own long story about my own journey up and down the weighing scales. I’m quite certain most women do too. My greatest issues with weight began when I was a teenager. All my friends were much smaller than I was and those who were big as I, seemed...
Living on the Cape’s Pavements
By Noluvuyo Bacela When I was younger I had this unnerving fear of living in a shack. The idea of calling four rusty tin walls with only one exit and electrical cables dangling above my head a home didn’t really sit well with me and neither did watching my childhood...
Empowering African Women with Bingo
People who share the same culture, background, and heritage tend to cluster together to show how proud they are about where they come from. Building such communities enriches and celebrates their ethnicities. Many women with varying backgrounds seek different avenues...
What Type of Car Are You?
Article is by C.J Npowa Ladies, in the eyes of "some" men, you are not very different from the cars they drive, hence the terms: checking her out, riding her, she's got a nice hood, amongst the many terms used. Now before any of you strong independent women take...
Dhahabu: Empowering the Youth in Uganda
Youth mentoring is the process of matching mentors with children or young people. The goal of youth mentoring programs is to improve the well-being of the mentee by providing a role model (mentor) that can support them. Liz Baluka the founder and overseer of Dhahabu,...