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We are hiring

We are looking for a Project Officer - Advocacy and Campaigning, to Join our dynamic team. 

Are you a guru in advocacy and campaigning?
Do you have a track record in designing and executing vibrant and successful advocacy projects and campaigns?

Are you passionate about working to support young people to realize their potential and fulfill their health rights and well being, including; Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and gender equality?

If the answer is yes, then here is an opportunity for you to join our dynamic team. 

The Program Officer Advocacy and Campaigning will be responsible for; providing strategic direction and technical support to the program operations of UYAHF through the development of advocacy, communication and campaigning products, and oversee the design, production and implementation of key advocacy and campaign strategies. 

Click here to find out more about the job opportunity and to apply

 

May 28th, Menstrual Hygiene Day is here - We are supporting school girls to menstruate with dignity.

May is known by many MHM advocates as the flow month. The month when we celebrate the World Menstruation Day, May 28th. 

This year, as has been the norm, we are joining fellow girls rights advocates in Uganda to create a world in which every woman and girl is empowered to manage her menstruation safely, hygienically, with confidence and without shame, where no woman or girl is limited by something as natural and normal as her period.

Poor menstrual hygiene caused by a lack of education on the issue, persisting taboos and stigma, limited access to hygienic menstrual products and poor sanitation infrastructure undermines the educational opportunities, health and overall social status of women and girls in Uganda. As a result,  girls are kept from realizing full potential.

Through our signature campaign, Books Before Babies, we have been conducting school and community outreaches to interact with school girls, boys and teacher and community leaders on what we can do better to break the silence, raise awareness and change negative social norms surrounding MHM in our schools.


From our discussions, we have compiled podcastswith voices of young people and teachers sharing their experiences about Menstruation Hygiene and Management. Check out our sound cloud channel here, listen in to to the podcasts and feel free to share your feedback with us on this email

On the 28th of May, we shall join our partners Ministry of Education and Sports for the annual MHM National Symposium and as part of the day's program, we shall be unveiling a photo/visual exhibition with MHM stories of school girls, teachers, boys and policy makers sharing their experience on promotion of menstruation with dignity. 

Click here to listen to all podcasts

The Books Before Babies Online TV Show is up and running.

Leticia Akum Debora, UYAHF's Project Manager Youth Hub and Community Engagement and the Show Host Books Before Babies show hosts school girls on her show to speak to their lived realities and experiences on the obstacles they face growing and exercising their right to attaining education and living a healthy life. 
Subscribe here to watch all episodes
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