Introduction and Background Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) is a National level non-governmental woman focused and advocacy organization that was established in 1983 by a group of 48 female journalists as a membership association. UMWA envisions an engendered media where gender equality and women’s empowerment are upheld for holistic sustainable development”. UMWA’s mission is to […]
We are overjoyed and excited to achieve this landmark of 20 years at Mama FM and Uganda Media Women’s Association as the establishing body. What a milestone this is! These many years have come with empowering women and laying platform for the voiceless and their issues excluded from the mainstream media. The community development women […]
Did You Know?-Uganda has over 290 authorized radio stations and only seven of these are community broadcasters! Equally, the female listenership of radio is still low despite the medium easier accessibility and affordability. According to a 2019 Media Landscape Report of Uganda by BBC Media Action, there is only a 68.7% female listenership to radio […]
