USING HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH TO TACKLING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Dunia Nzuri Climate Outreach (DNCO) & EAPN Partnership Meeting LOSCO a Human Rights Organisation in Kigezi has been doing some around Climate Change and Environmental justice especially doing advocacy work for people who are being threatened with evictions from the low lands and swamps that have been occupied for over […]
RADIO TALK SHOW ABOUT UGANDAN INCOME STATUS
UBOS VISA VIS WORLD BANK RATING The president of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni after the Budget Speech showed the will to get to the Middle Income Status but the means have to be analysed further. Political will and commitment but “You don’t award yourself marks in an assessment or […]
ACCESS TO SRHR INFORMATION AND SERVICES IN KIGEZI SUB REGION
BACKGROUND There is still a challenge with accessibility of SRHR information and Services at most of the Centres and Units all around Kigezi Sub Region LOSCO in Partnership with CEHURD /COPASAH came in with an effort where a Hybrid Dialogue was conducted involving the Duty Bearers, Community Leaders and Health […]
A CORPORATE VISIT AT THE KABALE CENTRAL POLICE STATION AS PART OF LOSCO’s PARTNERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY
As LOSCO reached out to the frontline defenders; the Uganda Police Force at Kabale Police Station, following up the recent workshop conducted in partnership with HRCU, Some IEC materials with Human Rights Messages together with Personal protective equipment (PPE) were shared with the Regional Police Commander SSP Saiga Ibrahim, Regional […]
SRHR MUCH A PART OF CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMMING
SRHR MUCH A PART OF CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMMING LOSCO and YADNET UGANDA was honoured to have a partnership meeting with the Margaret Pyke Trust, a UK-Based charity. The meeting happened in Kabale town at Cephas Inn. The meeting was geared towards scaling up and building capacity of stakeholders at sub […]
RADIO TALK SHOW ON THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN KIGEZI SUB REGION
Human Rights are NATURAL ENTITLEMENTS which accrue/belong to EVERYONE by virtue/reason of being HUMAN A human being is a man, woman, child [or creature] of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance. Every time we think about human […]
RESILIENCE – WHAT IT IS TO HRDs
An ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. The ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened: To understand community resiliency, we need to understand what the capacity of the community is to respond or to proactively address their own […]
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEANS OF ATTAINING CHANGE
Civic engagement or civic participation is any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern. Civic engagement includes communities working together or individuals working alone in both political and non-political actions to protect public values or make a change in a community. “Contributing to society and supporting our own […]
CONSISTENT HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IS THE MEANS TO ELIMINATE THE RISING CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN KIGEZI
LOSCO paid a courtesy visit to the Kigezi Regional Office of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). This is a new office still being established under the leadership of Ms. TWEMBI B. THEOPISTA the Principal Human Rights Officer. This was in a bid to identify the areas of collaboration and […]
COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY TO RELEASE WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS IN UGANDA
The Stand for Her Land campaign (S4HL) is a global advocacy campaign to strengthen the land rights of millions of women through collective advocacy that aims to close the implementation gap between law and practice. S4HL is an inclusive, collaborative effort among a diverse group of allies including representatives of […]