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Women in Arua district, cheer President Museveni, during his Wealth Creation tours on May 22nd. The Government has over the past 30 years invested itself in initiatives that expand opportunities for especially women who have been victims of years of gender inequalities that limit their ability to fully participate in, and benefit from development programmes in Uganda.
According to the March 2019 Gender Issues Report by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD), Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) and The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), although there are glaring gaps that need to be closed, there has been significant positive movements in key areas such as, increased school enrolment and retention for the girl-child, better political representation, rising levels of access/ownership of property and reducing gender-based violence.
However, it was observed that with regard to unemployment rate, more women were becoming unemployed in 2016/17 compared to 2012/13.
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