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Uganda: Newsline
Primary school: Girls beat boys in literacy
Uganda, 6 May 2007 – AFTER years of battling to increase the literacy level of girls in Uganda, a report indicates some achievements in the area.
Uganda to expand back-to-school campaign to war-affected north
Uganda, 6 May 2007 – AFTER years of battling to increase the literacy level of girls in Uganda, a report indicates some achievements in the area.
Uganda launches education campaign for war-affected children
NEW YORK, USA, 15 February 2007 – UNICEF Uganda and its partners have put education in the spotlight this week with the launch of their ‘Go to school, back to school, stay in school’ campaign to help 1.3 million children get primary education in the country’s conflict-affected north and northeast.
Prossy’s story: Teen resumes her education after two years in captivity in northern Uganda
GULU, Uganda, 2 January 2007 – At 15, Prossy Anena is a typical Ugandan girl. She has just finished primary school, she helps her mother pick sweet potatoes and she cooks for her six siblings.
School access a challenge for girls at camps in northern Uganda
PABBO CAMP, Acholi Region, Uganda, 19 December 2006 – Christine Lawil remembers vividly the day that the LRA came to her village near Pawel, Uganda. “My husband was working in our garden and the rebels attacked the village,” she says. “They beat him and then killed him.”
Uganda: Why the classroom still eludes Karimojong girls
13 September 2006 - Christine Lamuria, 11, and Lucy Nate, 13, primary three pupils of Naitakwae Primary School in Moroto district, are saddened by the possibility that the Karimojong deep-rooted cultural beliefs might shatter their dreams of becoming nurses when they complete school.
Girls’ education movement in Uganda helps girls – and boys – stay in school
KASESE DISTRICT, Uganda, 12 May 2006 – Sylvia, 18, and Jonas, 14, are classmates in their final year at Kyabikere Primary School. Had it not been for Sylvia’s perseverance, the two friends living here in the rugged and verdant hills of western Uganda might not be moving on to secondary school together.
Children map a brighter future for schoolgirls in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda, 13 May 2005 – As the 2005 target for gender parity in primary and secondary education comes due, children across Uganda are busily charting their nation’s progress toward education for all.
