{"id":65051,"date":"2024-01-18T17:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=65051"},"modified":"2024-01-18T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T15:24:40","slug":"uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat","title":{"rendered":"Uganda seeks to host NAM women secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Uganda has hinted on aspirations to host the Non- Allied Movement (NAM) women secretariat even as the establishment\u2019s summit continues in Kampala since Monday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Uganda is taking over NAM\u2019s 3-year leadership from Azabaijan which has been heading since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secretariat will coordinate issues around women within the NAM member states within the three years and beyond by advocating for economic empowerment for women and resolutions coming from NAM which affects women,\u201d Uganda\u2019s gender minister Betty Amongi said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media during the NAM Women\u2019s conference in Kampala, she added that: \u201cWe women of Uganda are saying we seek to establish the NAM women\u2019s forum secretariat in Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her tenure, Azerbaijan established the NAM youth and women\u2019s forum which Amongi says Uganda is ready to harmonise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen are in the poorest bracket and if we are to close this gender gap, the United Nations has estimated that we require Shs360b every,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the secretariat intervention will position Uganda and NAM to tackle issues affecting women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goals include reducing poverty, ensuring education for women, provision of cheap capital for women and providing skills ,\u201dshe emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) executive director Patricia Manaabi, who represented women in Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), called for commitment to have the secretariat permanently in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know it\u2019s rotational in terms of heads of states but we want ensure that we establish the secretariat because we have the structure and mechanisms through which its works,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She also encouraged NAM countries to enforce outcomes of the 18th summit.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday, Tororo District lawmaker Sarah Opendi said: \u201cEven among the executive while constituting boards and commissions you still find that women are given one third with men as majority decision makers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUganda being the chair of NAM is a great opportunity to work with other developing countries to pick best practises and see how we can bring global leaders to support women,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Uganda has hinted on aspirations to host the Non- Allied Movement (NAM) women secretariat even as the establishment\u2019s summit continues in Kampala since Monday. Uganda is taking over NAM\u2019s 3-year leadership from Azabaijan which has been heading since 2019. \u201cThe secretariat will coordinate issues around women within the NAM member states within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-65051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda seeks to host NAM women secretariat - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uganda has hinted on aspirations to host the Non- Allied Movement (NAM) women secretariat even as the establishment\u2019s ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uganda seeks to host NAM women secretariat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uganda has hinted on aspirations to host the Non- Allied Movement (NAM) women secretariat even as the establishment\u2019s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-18T17:31:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1705578686.050477.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uganda seeks to host NAM women secretariat\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-18T17:31:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1705578686.050477.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-seeks-to-host-nam-women-secretariat\",\"name\":\"Uganda seeks to host NAM women secretariat - 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