Welcome to UDWA !
Uganda Disabled Women Association
As a leading organization dedicated to the empowerment of women and girls with disabilities in Uganda, we have been advocating for their rights and well-being since our establishment in 1986.
Join us in our commitment to fostering change and breaking down barriers—together, we can build a brighter future for all women and girls with disabilities. Your support and involvement can make a lasting difference.
Our History
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2024
Mary Bizike Nalongo was a pioneer of the disability movement in Uganda, who founded the Uganda Disabled Women's Association (UDWA) in 1986. She was born with a physical disability and faced multiple forms of discrimination and violence as a woman with a disability under the oppressive regime of Idi Amin in the 1970s. During that time people with disabilities were denied education, health services, employment, and marriage rights, and were subjected to stigma and marginalization by society..
Activities
Our Programs
UDWA fosters an environment that values inclusion and active participation. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance the quality of life for disabled women and girls, enabling them to engage fully in their communities and contribute to a more equitable society through healthcare ,economic empowerment ,advocacy and sports
Get Involved
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We have made it even easier by providing shareable links on many of our pages. With your help, we can together spread the word and raise awareness about disabilities. You can also share our content through this button.
Help spread the word about the work that we do in Uganda and beyond through your media channels.
Bloggers and journalists can find press releases, disability resources and more in our e-library.
Work with us to help spread the word about disabilities and inclusive development in Uganda and beyond by becoming a partner.
Together we can come up with some great ideas on how you can help us achieve our objectives in a way that would also benefit your work.
Learn the different volunteer programmes available at UDWA Secretariat in Uganda where we operate.
You can also volunteer with us online without having to physically travel or stay with us.
UDWA wants to continue coordinating and/or implementing our unique programming for Women and girls with Disabilities in Uganda and provide an open space for one of the most marginalised communities in the world.
However, since we are non-profit organisation, we therefore need the support from volunteers/interns to achieve some crucial tasks! UDWA is now welcoming volunteers and interns to carry out various activities (most particularly online) to enhance the capacity of the organisation and its partners.
Volunteers are therefore expected to make important contributions to UDWA in many ways, and, in the case of international volunteers who would want to work at the Secretariat, they will add a multi-cultural environment to the Secretariat staff and bring in innovative ideas and enthusiasm.
Your donation – whether in cash or kind; whether materially, financially or morally; whether through volunteering of your technical skills, etc. – helps keep our organisation free from corporate influence and independent from government agendas, while at the same time increase out impact in the communities we work.
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Subscribe to our Disability Frontline Newsletter in order to be updated about the events and activities happening within the UDWA network or within the disability movement in Uganda.
This is a periodic e- newsletter which, if all factors remain equal, is meant to be published quarterly.
