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Groups have presented powerful insights, highlighting the gaps that weaken advocacy for women’s rights in investment spaces, while showcasing practical strategies and community-driven best practices that can be scaled and sustained.
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In the group session, participants discussed key actors responsible for promoting and protecting women’s rights in commercial investment schemes—highlighting their roles in advocacy, enforcement, policy design, and community empowerment.
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Group presentations just concluded—powerful reflections on the drivers of Gender-Based Violence, the actors behind the violations, and lived realities from across communities. These voices are not just stories, they are calls to action.
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This is a timely and critical training. It gives us tools to act, advocate, and help bring real difference to the lives of women and girls affected by abuse in investment contexts. — Ms. Christine Saru, Programs Manager, Diakonia
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There are already global and grassroots movements working to fight gender-based violence. This training equips us to join those efforts and strengthen the collective voice for change. — Ms. Christine Saru, Programs Manager, Diakonia
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Understanding the roots of gender-based violence is crucial. It’s the only way we can meaningfully address and prevent violations that disproportionately affect women and girls. — Ms. Christine Saru, Programs Manager, Diakonia
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Violations occur on many levels: household, community, national, regional. We need strong laws at every level to protect lives and rights. — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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Investors are given tax breaks, land, and resources. They cut down forests, dump in waters, and take the profits out—without paying us. What are we really benefiting? — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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The campaign Life Before Profit reminds us: governments are prioritizing profits over life, over the environment, over communities. We must reverse this. — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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This is a Training of Trainers. You’re here not just to learn but to go back and train others. Trade unions, media, community leaders—you all have a role to play. — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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We have guiding principles for large-scale agriculture investments. But how do we use these frameworks to actually protect rights on the ground? That is the focus of this training. — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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Governments celebrate high investment numbers—but not the quality. How are these investors treating us? Are our rights being protected? That’s what we must examine. — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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Our governments have signed the ILO Conventions and National Action Plans. These are good documents. So where is the gap? If they’re signed, why are violations still happening? — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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This meeting is about one issue: the violations. These violations are happening—to women, to workers, to communities. That’s why we are here. — Ms. Jane Nalunga, Executive Director, SEATINI Uganda
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In today's @newvisionwire , our Executive Director,Ms. Jane Nalunga makes the case for the need to prioritize People and the Planet in all investment undertakings. Check out this enlightening Q&A article for more insights.
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Our Message at #COP28 was very clear!
We need an Afrocentric, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition, rooted in Africa's realities, aspirations and quest for structural transformation.
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Labour issues don't come out as something tangible.
It is only on labour day that you see everybody running up and down. We need our own Ministry of Labour, not where we are a mixed breed. - @owere_usher
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Invest in the workers to help boost production and the economic growth of the country. We also need to consider creating a minimum wage more than that was considered decades ago. - Robert K. #LifeBeforeProfit #ILD2023 @Moglsd_UG
Invest in key sectors of the economy, and that is workers. Put in place minimum wage. - Robert Kirenga ( National Coalition for Human Rights)
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What percentage of jobs are the investors creating and what is the quality? At the end of the day, we forget that workers are tax payers and Ugandans.
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