Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT TEMPLATE Country Submitted by PUNO(s) UN Women or NUNO(s)1 Uganda Name of Entity: UN Women Name of Representative: Dr Maxime Houinato MPTF Project Number Implementing Partners 121715 List all the CSOs supported by the WPHF for every project (if joint project, please list lead CSO as well as all CSOs Reporting Period receiving a grant through the lead CSO). July 2020 – December 2021 1. Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT 1325) Funding Call Select all that apply with Teso Karamoja Women Initiative for Peace (TEKWIP), Human Rights Democracy Link Africa (RIDE Africa) and Karambi Action for Life improvement (KALI). 2. Extend a Life Initiative Uganda (ELI) 3. Slum Aid Project (SAP) with Centre for Justice ☐ Regular Funding Cycle and Strategic Innovations (CJSI) and Sonke Gender Justice (SGJ) Specify Call (Round 1, 2, 3, etc.) ________ 4. Teso Women Peace Activists (TEWPA) ☒ Spotlight WPHF Partnership 5. Uganda Change Agent Association (UCAA) Call 1 with Kaabong People Living with AIDS ☐ COVID-19 Emergency Response Window (KAPLAS) 6. Umbrella of Hope Initiative (UHOPI) 7. Uganda Women's Network (UWONET) 8. Women's International Peace Center (WIPC) 9. Women's Organisation Network for Human Rights Advocacy (WONETHA) WPHF Outcomes2 to which report contributes Project Locations for reporting period ☐ Outcome 1: Enabling environment for Northern Region: Gulu, Kitugum implementation of WPS commitments West Nile: Adjumani, Arua ☐ Outcome 2: Conflict prevention Karamoja: Karamoja, Kaboong ☐ Outcome 3: Humanitarian response Eastern Region: Serere, Katakwi, Kumi Central Region Wakiso, Kalangala, Kasese, Buikwe, ☐ Outcome 4: Conflict resolution Mukonoe, Masaka, , Ngola, Luwero districts ☒ Outcome 5: Protection Rwenzori: , Ntoroko, Bundibugyo, Kamwenge, ☐ Outcome 6: Peacebuilding and recovery Kyaka II settlement, Rwamwanja settlement, Programme Start Date Total Approved Budget (USD) 27.05.2020 1,157,203 Programme End Date Amount Transferred (USD) 31.12.2021 618,924.00 WPHF Annual Reporting Template (January 2021) 1 Executive Summary This is the first year of the EU Spotlight funding to 9 women led and women’s rights organisations in Uganda. Implementation of the projects started in July 2020. During this period under review the organisations successfully implemented the project inception activities that included securing commitment and support from the district local governments where they operate, conducting baseline surveys, holding inception meetings with various project stakeholders and building capacity of project staff to ensure effective program delivery. Overall, the partners have reached 4,4582 direct beneficiaries (46.1% women (2113), 22.8% girls (1043), 19.8% men (905) and 11.4% boys (521)) and 20,480 indirect beneficiaries. Overall, 68.9% of the direct beneficiaries are women and girls. The following achievements have been noted during this period based on which change and results will be reported in the 2021 report: • A GBV handbook targeting Community Based Organisations (CBO) engaged in GEWE and EVAWG has been produced by CoACT. The handbook will be used by the CBOs and women’s groups in promotion and advocacy of GEWE and EVAW. • 20 Child mothers ages 16 – 23 years in Namayumba Subcounty, Wakiso district are engaging other child mothers in their community on SRHR and SGBV. The 20 child mothers have volunteered as peer educators to reach out to child mothers in their community to share the knowledge and skills they gained after participating in a SRHR training organized by Extend A Life Initiative (ELI). • 80 adolescent girls and young women from Serere and Katakwi districts have successfully saved a total of UGX 661,500. This was made possible after gaining skills in livelihood and entrepreneurship delivered by Teso Women Peace Activitists (TEWPA) with support from the fund. • A song that promotes positive masculinity has been produced by 3 Ugandan artists (two male one female) in conjunction with a South African based artist, Mthetho Tshemese from iNDLOBONGELA. The song ‘Wise up’ challenges men to participate in domestic responsibilities, stop being violent to their wives and participate in community welfare activities (SAP). The song will be used as a social mobilisation tool in the coming period to raise awareness on VAW. • 2 local women’s Overcomers Women Group in Adjumani and Yumbe Gender Network in Yumbe district have better organisational policies after being supported by UWONET to review policy documents and board operations. The 2 organisations have begun using these policies to lobby for resources. • Women's Organisation Network for Human Rights Advocacy (WONETHA) has established 20 psychosocial groups for female sex workers as a support group but also to ensure their coordination and enhanced agency to lobby for ending gender-based violence they face. • UHOPI have successfully trained 3 women’s group in specific skills to increase income generation of these groups to enhance their capacity to support their members; one of them a local group of women with disabilities. Out of the 136 group members trained 22 women and three men have started their own business and have increased individual incomes. • UCAA has trained 4 local women’s movements and established GBV structures composed of 40 trustworthy, trained and equipped volunteers (10 male and 30 female) who are now delivering GBV services in four parishes (Katutwo, Lulia, Kangole and Karenga Parishes). Their existence has increased advocacy and lobbying action in their respective districts to end VAG. The 16 days of activism was used to raise awareness on SGBV and VAW in 4 districts of Adjumani, Kyegegwa, Kamwenge and Kumi. This was achieved through the use of radio talk shows and holding ccommunity barazas (i.e. community dialogue meetings) as organized by CoACT and WIPC, which were used as an opportunity for the trained women activists from refugee and host communities, women’s groups and partner organisations to jointly raise awareness resulting in commitments from local leadership to reinforce work to end violence against women and girls. The country office has also been engaged in ensuring that the partners are able to speak at WPHF and Spotlight events, such as the executive director from Slum Aid Project presented issues and recommendations around flexible funding for local women’s organisations on the 17 November 2020 in a Spotlight Virtual Learning Session. The executive director of CoACT presented the situation of women’s organisation during a luncheon on women movement in Uganda with the Assistant Secretary General for Africa, Ms Ms. Bintou Keita, on 30 October 2020. The Country Office has trained the partners on reporting and finance requirements enabling the partners to align reports with the corporate guidelines. 1 Non-UN Organization. Applicable to Rapid Response Window for Peace Processes 2 As per WPHF results framework nested model, WPHF outcome areas are equivalent to the impact level for grantees WPHF Annual Reporting Template (January 2021) 2 1. Grantees Profile for Reporting Period Funding Lead Type of Coverage Project Title WPHF Outcome Project Name of Implementing Project Total CFP Organization Organizatio /Level of Location Partner(s), Type of Start and Approve Name n Organiza (State, Organisation, and Level End Date d Budget tion Province or (USD) Region) Spotlight Coalition for Women's National Action to strengthen the Outcome 5: Kyegegwa Teso Karamoja Women 30/06/202 160,000 WPHF Action on 1325 Rights/Led capacity of Women’s CBOs Protection (Kyaka II Initiative for Peace 0 - Partnership (CoACT 1325) and communities to influence settlement), (TEKWIP), Human Rights 14/6/2022 institutions to advance Kamwenge Democracy Link Africa (RIDE progress on GEWE, and (Rwamwanja Africa) and Karambi Action EVAWG prevention and settlement), for Life improvement (KALI) response Kumi (all local organisations) Spotlight Extend a Life Youth Local Girls not mothers Outcome 5: Namayumba N/A 30/06/202 45,000 WPHF Initiative Uganda Rights/Led Protection 0 - Partnership (ELI) 14/6/2022 Spotlight Slum Aid Project Women's Sub- Strengthening women’s Outcome 5: Arua, Kampala Centre for Justice and 30/06/202 86,336.6 WPHF (SAP) Rights National groups of sex workers, Protection Strategic Innovations (CJSI) 0 - 0 Partnership LGBTIs, refugees and women (national) and Sonke 14/6/2022 living with disabilities in the Gender Justice (SGJ) slums to participate in local (national South Africa) government planning and budgeting processes and hold government accountable to deliver VAW/SRH services Spotlight Teso Women Women's Sub- Managing Social Risks Outcome 5: Serere (Kateta, N/A 30/06/202 83,191.6 WPHF Peace Activists Rights/Led National Associated with Sexual and Protection Kadunguluin), 0 - 0 Partnership TEWPA) Gender Based Violence in Katakwi (Usuk, 14/6/2022 Serere and Katakwi Districts Toroma) Spotlight Uganda Change Women's Sub- Rights Enhancement and Outcome 5: Orum, Kitgum Kaabong People Living with 30/06/202 68,291.6 WPHF Agent Rights National Advocacy for Change Protection AIDS (KAPLAS) (local 0 - 0 Partnership Association organisation) 14/6/2022 (UCAA) WPHF Annual Reporting Template (January 2021) 3 1. Grantees Profile for Reporting Period Funding Lead Type of Coverage Project Title WPHF Outcome Project Name of Implementing Project Total CFP Organization Organizatio /Level of Location Partner(s), Type of Start and Approve Name n Organiza (State, Organisation, and Level End Date d Budget tion Province