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Program Areas

Gender Justice

Goal

To reduce harmful social norms and structural barriers that perpetuate gender inequality and violence.

The Challenge

Women and girls in Uganda continue to face persistent disparities in access, control and benefit from resources, opportunities and services due to entrenched social norms, cultural practices and systemic failures.

Gender inequality fuels poverty, limits education and economic participation, increases vulnerability to violence, and weakens resilience to climate and economic shocks—especially for women and girls in rural and low-income communities.

Our Approach

Our Gender Justice programme uses transformative approaches that shift norms, rebalance power, and strengthen protection and accountability systems at community level.

Key Interventions

  • Gender Model Families (GMF)

    Working with households to transform gender roles, power relations and decision-making around resources.

  • Gender Transformative Practices

    Engaging women, men, girls and boys to challenge beliefs and structures that sustain inequality.

  • Community-Based Advocacy and Protection Systems

    Strengthening GBV prevention, response, and access to rights-based information and services.

  • Addressing Toxic Masculinities

    Working with men, local gatekeepers, and cultural/religious leaders to shift harmful norms.

Stand with women and girls. Invest in programmes that transform norms, prevent violence, and expand opportunities for equality.