Linette du Toit

[SIHA Network @Sihanet]

✨Today, we take a step closer to justice and gender equality by hosting a "Justice for Women" Project Inception Meeting ⚖️

The Project will focus on combatting the subjugation of women within the legal systems in Sudan and Ethiopia 💪

Female lawyers, policymakers, as well as women and human rights network organisations from the Greater Horn of Africa have been brought together to discuss strategies, share ideas, and set the stage for transformative change.

We hope to leave the meeting with a shared understanding on how to engage in legal and policy reform to enhance #GenderEquality ✊`

💬🌐 Stay connected for more updates via #LegalReformNow on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram

#JusticeForWomen @Halayalkarib

[GRRIPP Africa @ DUT @GRRIPP_Africa]

[DOCCIE] "Beyond Victimisation: Exploring Avenues to Overcome Gender-Based Violence in Kampala Markets" by our partner @FIDA_Uganda
It captures the impact of GBV on women working in Kampala's markets & explores avenues to make women more resilient
Watch: https://t.co/l4f7oFTSLn

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

So excited to have discovered a collection of stories, based on Ugandan folklore, with female lead characters! I can't wait for my kids to be big enough to appreciate this

[Christine Butegwa @tinabutegwa]

#MightyAngwech book review in @DailyMonitor. I hope the stories of these female legends will nurture the next generation of disruptive leaders among the girls and boys who read this collection. Thank you @musibamu1.
@threestone_UG @IbuaJournal @eacuc

[FIDA Uganda @FIDA_Uganda]

#GenderJusticeCoreGroup

Next week, #FIDAU will be hosting the first in person meeting of the Gender Justice Core Group of the Legal Empowerment Network!

The group will focus on developing/promoting legal empowerment mechanisms that enhance access to justice for women & girls.

[GRRIPP Africa @ DUT @GRRIPP_Africa]

📢Congratulations to our grantee partner @FIDA_Uganda on being selected to present their research at @TheSVRI Forum 2022, taking place in Cancun, Mexico next week!

Clink on the statement for more details: https://t.co/vee6jNLI9B @grripp

[FIDA Uganda @FIDA_Uganda]

#FIDAU Staff are currently undergoing a 3-day training under the PISCCA project. It is intended to equip the coalition leaders to effectively drive and create intergenerational feminist movements around Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and climate change.

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

The Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) is providing sustainable solutions to empower Ugandan women. Merging the UWEP with 8 other funds will eliminate the advantage that this programme gave to vulnerable women #OpposeTheMerger #SaveUWEP #FIDAUganda

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

@MNyawere @fidauganda1 @Microfinance @elayzabeth @MNyawere thanks Monica. With all the malpractice and exploitation, I was wondering whether the good outweighs the bad.

#FIDAUganda #Microfinance

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

@MNyawere @mufumba @fidauganda1 @elayzabeth @MufumbaVictoria @MNyawere Are cases of exploitation the norm? Do you also interact with microfinance success stories? #FIDAUganda #microfinance #ConsumerProtection

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

#FIDAUganda #Microfinance #ConsumerProtection

[Anthea Paelo, PhD @AntheaPaelo]

#Microfinance products and services need to be designed with women in mind, considering prevailing for instance education level, language restrictions and channel of access, cultural norms etc #consumerprotection #financialinclusion

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

@elayzabeth @SBaluka @MNyawere @VictoriaMufumba @dhatty1 At an individual level, do we see women move out of poverty because they obtained microfinancing? Does it work for them? @elayzabeth #FIDAUganda #ConsumerProtection

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

@UgMicrofinAuth #FIDAUganda @UgMicrofinAuth How are you enforcing the Money Lenders Act, 2016 to license, regulate and supervise Tier 4 Microfinance Institutions and Money Lenders in Uganda? #ConsumerProtection #MicroFinance

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

@UgMicrofinAuth with #ConsumerProtection #MicroFinance #FIDAUganda

[Anthea Paelo, PhD @AntheaPaelo]

#Microfinance is of interest to us because it provides access to rural populations who are often financially excluded and who form the bulk of Uganda’s population #consumerprotection #financialinclusion

[Microfinance Regulation Department (MRD) @UgMicrofinAuth]

They should be transparent, fair, put in place mechanisms to handle complaints from clients, ensure that clients are not over-indebted, clients' data is protected, disclose all information relating to the transaction and design their products appropriately.
#ConsumerProtection

[Linette du Toit @LinetteDuToit]

I am participating in the #Consumerprotection Tweetchat with #Microfinance #FIDAUganda.

[FIDA Uganda @FIDA_Uganda]

Don't forget to log in for our tweetchat on consumer protection in the Microfinance sector today at 11:00am EAT .

Share your thoughts with us on the sector & it's treatment of clients most of whom are vulnerable women, men & youth. Follow the converstion on #ConsumerProtection

[FIDA Uganda @FIDA_Uganda]

#MakeTaxesWorkForWomen We need to include the poor and marginalized informal workers if we are going to build better from #COVID19 This will create better jobs with improved working conditions for women @unwomenuganda @amwaafrika @TaxJusticeAfric @AWDFFR @awdf01 #FIDAUganda

[Kemigisha @elayzabeth]

I'll be steering this conversation on consumer protection.Microfinance market has been quickly growing but has this been backed by policy support to ensure protection of consumers?I'll have Edith Tusubira- @UgMicrofinAuth
& @AntheaPaelo - @fsduganda

let's talk!11-1pm.14th April