by Lee Webster
November 28, 2009
Today we’re in Kitgum, a small town about an hour’s drive from Pader. Two coach loads of women have joined us from Pader, and today another coach of Kitgum women will join the caravan. Today’s march through Kitgum town centre was exhilarating. Local women came out to clap, cheer and dance us along our way. (more…)
by Lee Webster
One hundred women marched through the town of Pader to raise awareness for women’s rights (photo: CARE)November 27, 2009.
Today our journey continues from Gulu to Pader – an hour and a half by road, dodging potholes and wandering cattle on the way. Our party has grown. Jenny (the photographer I am traveling with), Grace and I have been joined by Judith, CARE Uganda’s sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) focal point, and James, a local consultant who’s been hired to translate from Acholi to English for us. (more…)
by Lee Webster
“No small problem in Uganda”: violence against women is often invisible, but never acceptable (photo: CARE/Gignoux)Lee Webster, from our CARE London office, is joining women activists, all survivors of rape, who are embarking on a four-day march from their home in the conflict-affected north to the capital Kampala to meet their politicians and say enough is enough. (more…)
