Aciro Rita

Social Development , Governance and leadership, gender, women and human rights defender.

[Uganda Women's Network @uwonet]

A courtesy visit to Namutumba District reaffirmed the urgent need for GBV shelter services. Stakeholders, including local leadership, police, and community members, continue to look forward to UWONET for support as women and girls face increasing GBV-related challenges. We remain committed to advancing protection, access to justice, and safe spaces for survivors. #EndGBV #AccessToJustice #LeaveNoWomanBehind

[Justine Kasule Lumumba @JustineLumumba]

Today, I take on the mandate of Minister of ICT and National Guidance, I do so with humility and a clear sense of duty.
I thank H.E. @KagutaMuseveni for the trust. To the staff of the Ministry, thank you for the work done so far. I come not to replace, but to build.

My focus will be 3-fold:

Digital Transformation where we shall accelerate e-government, broadband access and ICT as a driver of jobs for our youth.

Cybersecurity and Data Protection. We need to make Uganda’s digital space safe and trusted for citizens and investors.

National Guidance. We shall use ICT to unite, inform and mobilize Ugandans around our shared values and development agenda.

I pledge to serve with integrity, consult widely and deliver results

[RelaDentalClinic @Reladental]

Today, we join #Uganda in celebrating #HeroesDay and honouring the everyday #heroes who make a difference in our communities. @relaDental salutes all #healthcare workers and community champions whose service inspires us every day. #SmileForMiles #HeroesDay2026

[Aciro Rita @RitaAciro]

@Atuhairecarol10 🙏🏽❤

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

Newly appointed Health Minister Dr @CHRISBARYOMUNS1 has reassured medical interns and the wider medical fraternity, promising that one of his first priorities upon assuming office will be to review the proposed reforms to medical training and internship that have sparked widespread concern among healthcare workers.

DETAILS || #VisionUpdates 👉👉https://t.co/NpKfWALVb3

[David F.K. Mpanga @dfkm1970]

We shall never see the Uganda we want until we develop a central nervous system that enables us to feel each other's pain.

[Uganda Women's Network @uwonet]

Coalition members are also validating findings from an Outcome Harvesting exercise conducted to assess the coalition’s strengths, influence, and opportunities for advancing a care-responsive national agenda. #CoalitionBuilding
@MakeCareCount
@RitaAciro
@OxfaminUganda

[Aciro Rita @RitaAciro]

Thank you.👏🏾

[Byamukama Alozious @byamukamaalozi4]

#profile
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@RitaAciro is a Ugandan human rights defender and Executive Director for Uganda Women's Network (UWONET). She was the recipient of the 2021 European Union Human Rights Defenders Award and other national recognitions
@uwonet

[Byamukama Alozious @byamukamaalozi4]

#profile
Simplifed
@RitaAciro is a Ugandan human rights defender and Executive Director for Uganda Women's Network (UWONET). She was the recipient of the 2021 European Union Human Rights Defenders Award and other national recognitions
@uwonet

[Uganda Women's Network @uwonet]

Today, UWONET convened members of the Care Coalition to reflect on the coalition’s growth, assess its collective strength, and celebrate key achievements in advancing advocacy for Unpaid Care and Domestic Work. #CoalitionBuilding
@MakeCareCount
@RitaAciro
@OxfaminUganda

[Snr. Cde. Robert Kabushenga @rkabushenga]

I worked with @SueNsibirwa btn 2011-2019 as her supervisor when she headed our marketing function. Not once was she ever apprehended as a suspect in or charged with a criminal offense. In fact, she left two years before me with her record of high integrity & stellar performance. I am certain that her current employer would have done a due diligence before entrusting her with her present role. If what is being said about her now were true it would have come out long ago from more credible sources.

[Uganda Women's Network @uwonet]

As we mark Uganda Martyrs’ Day, we also honour the countless women whose courage, sacrifice, and dedication to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment often remain unseen. May their resilience continue to inspire us to build a more just and equal society for all.

Happy Uganda Martyrs’ Day!

[Uganda Women's Network @uwonet]

📢 The Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026 has significant implications for civic space, foreign funding, partnerships, compliance, and women’s rights work in Uganda.

Join UWONET’s online dialogue on 29 May 2026 (10:30 AM–12:00 PM) to unpack the Act, understand its implications, and shape collective responses for women’s rights organisations and civil society. Session link: https://t.co/z1n6ShbHM5

Your voice matters. Ensure your organisation is represented. #CivicSpace #WomenRights #Uganda #CSOs #ProtectionOfSovereigntyAct #UWONET @pmagelah

[Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG) @ccgea1]

"I was in the Uganda Women's Network,we learnt about it that the East African Community was being revived. Arusha is really far - as women we mobilized and got onto the bus to Arusha to make our input into the East African Community Treaty..." - @sheilakawamara on #CivicSpaceTV #WomenRise

DETAILS:https://t.co/EK4OKyORNS

@SarahBireete @AmodingMonicah @eassigender @Tembuzipark @MarthaKarua @RitaAciro @uwonet @OVONJI @Winnie_Byanyima

[Aciro Rita @RitaAciro]

Someone needed 👇

[Dr. Bireete Sarah @SarahBireete]

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[Aciro Rita @RitaAciro]

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[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV: “It is, therefore, not enough to state simply that men and women have equal dignity and rights; it is necessary that this be reflected in concrete decisions, such as in laws, access to employment, education, social and political responsibilities, and the way society listens to and values women’s contributions. As long as this gap persists, we cannot say that society truly and fully recognizes that women have the same dignity as men.”

[Dr. Bireete Sarah @SarahBireete]

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DEAR MALE CHAUVINISTS

Please note: My handle is a space for respectful, constructive engagement. Chauvinistic, demeaning, or discriminatory remarks are neither welcome nor tolerated. If you cannot engage with civility and basic respect for others, kindly refrain from interacting with this handle and move on. Thank you.

One woman mistake can’t make all the 51.4% Ugandans (WOMEN) guilty.

[Nankwatsa Slyvia @NankwatsaS]

@FOWODE_UGANDA We advocate for gender parity in key decision making spaces. Women are capable and good leaders.
#genderequality

[Dr. Bireete Sarah @SarahBireete]

When One Woman Is Used to Silence Many

In recent debates on leadership and accountability, male chauvinists have increasingly weaponised the case of Anita Among to discredit women in leadership as a whole. Instead of interrogating individual conduct on its own merits, they present her example as “proof” that women are unfit to lead. This line of argument is not only dishonest; it is deeply patriarchal. Men accused or convicted of wrongdoing are rarely used to indict all men, yet when a woman falters, her gender is put on trial.

The principle of gender parity in parliamentary leadership and the cabinet is grounded in equality, justice, and representation. It recognises that women make up more than half of the population and therefore deserve fair and meaningful participation in decision-making spaces; committee leadership, speakership positions, and senior ministerial roles. Gender parity is not about tokenism or immunity from scrutiny; it is about equal opportunity, equal responsibility, and equal accountability.

Crucially, criminal or unethical conduct is individual, not biological. The law does not recognise guilt by gender. Accountability must attach to the person who commits an offence, not to women as a class. To argue otherwise is to abandon justice and embrace prejudice. If integrity is the standard, and it must be, then it should apply uniformly to men and women alike, without chauvinistic shortcuts that seek to roll back hard-won gains for women’s leadership.

Using one woman’s alleged failures to undermine gender equality is not accountability; it is backlash. True reform demands that we challenge wrongdoing while defending the principle that women belong in leadership, on merit, in parity, and without prejudice @KagutaMuseveni @NRMOnline @awich_pollar @emmanuel_dombo @TodwongR @OdoiTanga @RitaAciro @patriciamunabi @PerryAritua

[Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG) @ccgea1]

"Protect the gains of the women's movement in Uganda! We have capable women leaders in the 12th Parliament that can be Speaker and Deputy Speaker and equally represent Ugandans in the Executive." - @SarahBireete

@933kfm #KFMVPN @Judatim