OUR SILVER JUBILEE

This is a very exciting year for ACFODE. This year, we will be celebrating 25 years of women’s progress, of growth, of partnership with many sisters worldwide, of merging great coalitions, of seeing our babies grow into dynamic organizations and envisioning a way ahead.

The very dedicated and gifted staff and members of ACFODE are working their tails off to ensure that the Silver Jubilee is an event that will set a trail blazer for many generations to come. ACFODE was formed in 1985 by the United Nations Third World Conference on Women held in Nairobi in July that year. Since its inception, ACFODE has raised, nurtured and realized the growth of many formidable women and organizations. A few examples are Uganda Women’s Organisation (UWONET), a membership organization that has made great progress towards gender equality in Uganda. Great women like Dr. Maxine Ankrah, Dr. Hilda Tadria, Dr. Hon Miria Matembe, Judy Kamanyi, Dr. Edith Natukunda and many others have left indelible marks at the organization.

ACFODE also recognizes the many interns that have passed through its programs. Many realize that the experience of being a part of ACFODE many of the unanswered questions that they had after their degrees. ACFODE made clear their own personal visions for life, the importance of self management and also the purpose of gender and women’s empowerment.

One of the former interns, Daphine Agaba, is currently actively participating in reaching out to communities in Kampala, Wakiso and Kisoro on the citizens’ manifesto. She empowers women on their role as citizens and the change they can make through the constitutional process.

ACFODE is grateful to the past and current development partners that have seen it through the decades.

HIVOS
Ford Foundation
Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung
Eirene-International Christian Peace Service
UNIFEM/EU
DFID
African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)
Marion Doro
diakonia
Independent Development Fund
Trocaire
Action Aid Uganda
Several project partners

The celebrations shall take place during the week of November 15 to 19 2010 and climactize on the 19th, the actual date that ACFODE was formed in 1985. We invite our stakeholders, partners and friends to be a part. We will keep you informed of the updates.