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Femrite

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FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers' Association is an NGO based in Kampala, Uganda, whose programmes focus on developing and publishing women writers in Uganda and—more recently—in the East African region. [1]

33 relations: African Writers Trust, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Beatrice Lamwaka, Beverley Nambozo, British Council, Caine Prize, Commonwealth Foundation prizes, Doreen Baingana, Female genital mutilation, Feminist Africa, Glaydah Namukasa, Good governance, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Hilda Twongyeirwe, Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, IRIN, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Kampala, LibraryThing, Lillian Tindyebwa, Lord's Resistance Army, Makerere University, Mary Karooro Okurut, Mildred Barya, Monica Arac de Nyeko, New Vision (newspaper), Non-governmental organization, PBS, Susan Nalugwa Kiguli, The EastAfrican, The Observer (Uganda), Uganda, Violet Barungi.

African Writers Trust

The African Writers Trust (AWT) was established in 2009 as "a non-profit entity which seeks to coordinate and bring together African writers in the Diaspora and writers on the continent to promote sharing of skills and other resources, and to foster knowledge and learning between the two groups." Retrieved 24 August 2011.

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Ayeta Anne Wangusa

Ayeta Anne Wangusa, born in Kampala, Uganda, on 9 September 1971, is a writer and activist.

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Beatrice Lamwaka

Beatrice Lamwaka (born and raised in Alokolum, Gulu) is a Ugandan writer.

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Beverley Nambozo

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva is a Ugandan writer,, courrierdesafriques.net Retrieved 25 December 2014 poet,, mildredbarya.com.

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British Council

The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.

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Caine Prize

The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language.

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Commonwealth Foundation prizes

Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011.

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Doreen Baingana

Doreen Baingana is a Ugandan short story writer and editor.

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Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia.

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Feminist Africa

Feminist Africa is a peer-reviewed academic journal that addresses feminist topics from an "African continental perspective".

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Glaydah Namukasa

Glaydah Namukasa is a Ugandan writer, aflit.arts.Retrieved 7 February 2014 and midwife.

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Good governance

Good governance is an indeterminate term used in the international development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources.

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Goretti Kyomuhendo

Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1 August 1965) is a Ugandan novelist and literary activist.

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Hilda Twongyeirwe

Hilda Twongyeirwe is a Ugandan writer and editor.

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Hurston-Wright Legacy Award

The Hurston-Wright Legacy Award is a literary award given by the Hurston/Wright Foundation.

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IRIN

IRIN (formerly Integrated Regional Information Networks) is a news agency focusing on humanitarian stories in regions that are often forgotten, under-reported, misunderstood or ignored.

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Jackee Budesta Batanda

Jackee Budesta Batanda is a Ugandan journalist,, The Guardian.

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Kampala

Kampala is the capital and largest city of Uganda.

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LibraryThing

LibraryThing is a social cataloging web application for storing and sharing book catalogs and various types of book metadata.

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Lillian Tindyebwa

Lillian Tindyebwa is a Ugandan writer living in Uganda.

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Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a rebel group and heterodox Christian group which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Makerere University

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Mary Karooro Okurut

Mary Busingye Karooro Okurut (born 8 December 1954), more commonly known as Mary Karooro Okurut, is a Ugandan educator, author and politician.

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Mildred Barya

Mildred Kiconco Barya is a writer and poet from Uganda.

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Monica Arac de Nyeko

Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979) is a Ugandan writer of short fiction, poetry, and essays, living in Nairobi.

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New Vision (newspaper)

The New Vision is an English-language newspaper published daily in print form and online.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Susan Nalugwa Kiguli

Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 24 June 1969 in Luweero District, Uganda) is a Ugandan poet and literary scholar.

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The EastAfrican

The EastAfrican is a weekly newspaper published in Kenya by the Nation Media Group, which also publishes Kenya's national Daily Nation.

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The Observer (Uganda)

The Weekly Observer is a Ugandan weekly newspaper headquartered in Kampala.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Jamhuri ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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Violet Barungi

Violet Barungi (born 18 December 1943) is a Ugandan writer and editor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femrite

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