April 8, 2025 1:45 pm
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By Ainomugisha Shiba NAPE is implementing a three year project “Nurturing a culture of peace and tolerance in Uganda” and it’s being funded by UN Women and Women International Peace Center in the districts of Kasese and Kotido. We are working to achieve outcome 3 where the goal is that... Read More
March 11, 2025 9:24 am
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By Betty Ninsiima On March 8th, 2025, National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) organized a radio talk show at Community Green Radio in Kiboga for women in radio listeners’ groups to represent the bigger and majority of women to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event brought together women from the... Read More
June 26, 2024 12:41 pm
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By Precious Naturinda “I ignorantly signed the documents consenting to free takeover of my land,” narrates a 50 year old Beatrice Nyamahunge from Buliisa district. “When oil officials came in 2021, they told me to sign on the forms as a resident adjacent to the feeder oil pipeline route. Later,... Read More
May 30, 2024 11:08 am
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By Precious Naturinda The German Member of Parliament, Ms.Cornelia Mohring has expressed concern over human rights violations faced by Uganda’s oil host communities amidst the ongoing oil and gas activities in the Albertine region. During her visit in the region to have a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by... Read More
March 8, 2024 4:40 pm
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By Precious Naturinda As the World celebrates International Women’s Day, National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) is standing in solidarity with grassroots women’s movement to call on the government to protect the rights of women and girls and accelerate progress towards advancing economic rights. In commemoration of the day on... Read More
March 8, 2024 4:32 pm
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As the world commemorates International Women’s Day on March 8, to take stock stock of economic, social, political and cultural achievements, we must not forget to invest in grassroots women if we are to achieve gender equality. In an opinion published in the New Vision newspaper, Ms. Joan Akiiza, the... Read More
December 8, 2023 12:10 pm
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NAPE and its partners; Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Tasha Research Institute Africa and Community Voice and Planning organization (COVAPO) have appealed to court not to rush the hearing of the case in which the Government is suing 42 Households over TotalEnergies Tilenga Project. In a joint Press Statement,... Read More
December 8, 2023 12:01 pm
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NAPE and partners, Fridays for Future (Uganda), Simma Africa and Girls for Climate Action currently attending COP28 in Dubai have called upon the Ugandan Government and world leaders to pay urgent and due attention to the impacts of Climate Change. In their joint press statement, NAPE and partners said that... Read More
August 14, 2023 12:20 pm
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Community members especially women from the districts of Hoima, Kikuube and Buliisa have hailed NAPE for standing with them during challenging times since oil developments started in their region. NAPE has built the capacity of women and empowered them to know their rights, to know who to engage, how to... Read More
August 11, 2023 3:12 pm
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By Allan Kalangi Two environmental and human rights organisations in Uganda have petitioned NCBA Bank to stop financing Hoima Sugar Limited which they claim carries out its activities in a manner that contravenes environmental laws and disregards the rights of the host communities. The two organisations, National Association of Professional... Read More
