NAPE has completed implementation of a project on conflict prevention in Rwamutonga Internally Displaced People’s Camp (IDPC), Kigyayo IDPC and Kyangwali Refugee settlement all in Kikuube District. The two-year project (2021-2023) was implemented in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security which seeks... Read More
NAPE trains community dialogue animators NAPE’s approach to strengthen community cultural governance is use of community dialogues. The use of approach is a realisation and appreciation that communities have for long been disconnected from their social and ecological realities, the so called ‘’modernity’’ or ‘’development’’ creates a big divide between... Read More
NAPE together with her partners (Gaia, African Biodiversity Network-ABN & other Civil Society Organizations) launched a report to the African Commission. The African Court has amongst its nearly 200 cases, ruled on two milestone cases, namely the Okiek and the Endorois cases, which provided powerful precedents confirming the inalienable rights to land... Read More
Women leaders and miners from Bunyoro and Rwenzori sub-regions have petitioned government to set up a mineral wealth fund through which they can directly benefit from proceeds from the exploitation of minerals. They made the resolution on Thursday in Hoima Town during the launch of the Action Research on the... Read More
The current dry spell is significantly affecting the forest cover in parts of Bunyoro sub region where forests are being used as a tool of heritage conservation. Hundred of trees recently planted as part of a campaign to conserve the 12-pet names ( empaako) of Bunyoro and Toro are drying... Read More
FOOD security activists have asked legislators to review the recently passed Plant Variety Protection Bill, saying it entrenches the rights of breeders and companies while curtailing the rights of small farmers. The activists argued that the Bill curtails farmers’ abilities to exchange, save and breed new varieties using hybrid seeds.... Read More
