Region: Uganda

Disabling governance: Privatisation of city markets and implications for vendors‟ associations in Kampala, Uganda

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Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda

With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...

Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place...

Community-level adaptation to minimize vulnerability and exploit opportunities in Kampala’s wetlandsEnvironment and Urbanization

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...

Fact Sheet: Women Organizing for Fair Trade in Uganda

Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Uganda

VIDEO: WIEGO and Gumutindo: Securing Economic Rights For Informal Women Workers

This video describes WIEGO’s program “Securing Economic Rights for Informal Women Workers” with Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative...

Gumutindo Coffee Cooperative Enterprise

From the website: Gumutindo is an organisation of smallholder coffee farmers who produce washed arabica coffee for the specialty coffee market....

Uganda Federation for Alternative Trade

From the website: UGAFAT is a fair Trade network in Uganda established in September 2008 by producers who organized themselves for the purpose...

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