{"id":22919,"date":"2026-06-23T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=storiesprojects&p=22919"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:32:37","slug":"the-walanga-civic-gender-empowerment-training","status":"publish","type":"storiesprojects","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/stories\/the-walanga-civic-gender-empowerment-training\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walanga Civic & Gender Empowerment Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Walanga Civic & Gender Empowerment Training is a community-based initiative implemented in March 2025 in rural Eastern Uganda by the European Initiative for Gender Inclusive Democracy (EIGID) in partnership with NSETTE Foundation Uganda. The programme strengthened civic participation and gender equality through participatory, multigenerational training for children, young mothers, and grandmothers. Delivered in local language and anchored in everyday community realities, the initiative focused on governance and civic participation, voting sensitisation, and gender equality and shared responsibility. By combining rights education with practical exercises (mock councils, role play, voting simulations), the programme aimed to translate abstract democratic principles into accessible, actionable knowledge. The initiative was designed to be low-cost, inclusive, and replicable, particularly in the context of Uganda\u2019s upcoming 2026 elections, where rural women and girls continue to face structural barriers to meaningful participation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The project addressed the persistent exclusion of rural women and girls from civic and decision-making spaces despite strong formal gender-equality frameworks in Uganda. Its main goals were to increase civic literacy, build confidence to participate in community governance, and challenge restrictive gender norms at household and community level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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