Women’s Positive Empowerment Initiative Uganda
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About us
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Issues we focus on
Access to Justice, Community Empowerment, Health Services Delivery, Psychosocial Support
Services offered
Access to contraception, Advocacy, Counselling, HIV Testing & Treatment, Referrals for Counselling & Mental Health, Screening & Treatment of STIs
Key Figures
Resource Personnel
| Personnel | Number of people |
| Paralegals | 2 |
| Peer Educators | 7 |
| Village Health Teams | 1 |
Recorded Human Rights Violations
| Violation | Number of occurences |
|---|---|
| Arrest for violating COVID-19 movement restrictions | 3 |
| Blackmail | 1 |
| Discrimination because of HIV status | 3 |
| Eviction due to failure to pay rent | 8 |
| Excessive use of force by law enforcement | 10 |
| Gender-based/intimate partner violence while staying with a partner | 2 |
| Harassment | 1 |
| Intimidation | 5 |
| Unable to access health services due to movement restrictions | 40 |
| Unable to access legal services | 2 |
| Unable to adhere to ART due to lack of nutritional support | 10 |
Stories from Women’s Positive Empowerment Initiative Uganda
Feature in a BBC documentary on sex workers survival
On 14th June 2020, We got an opportunity to be featured in the BBC...
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