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SWID Annual Report 2024–2025.

February 4, 2026 No comments yet

From an expert development perspective, the SWID Annual Report 2024–2025 demonstrates the effectiveness of rights-based, community-led programming in addressing structural gender inequalities. The report aligns with national development priorities and international frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 1, 2, 5, 11, and 13), by integrating land tenure security, food systems transformation, climate resilience, and women’s economic empowerment. Its use of data, beneficiary evidence, and reflective learning positions SWID as a credible grassroots organisation applying best practices in inclusive development, policy advocacy, and accountable governance.

Kairamira Doreen King, SWID Executive Director, crowned Eastern Region Innovator of the Year at the Nile Excellence Annual Awards 2024 for community-led innovation.”
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Nile Excellence Awards Crown  Kairamirwa Doreen King  Innovator of the Year – Eastern Region .

January 3, 2026 Comments Off on Nile Excellence Awards Crown  Kairamirwa Doreen King  Innovator of the Year – Eastern Region .

The Nile Excellence Annual Awards, a national recognition platform celebrating innovation and excellence across Uganda, have crowned Kairamirwa Doreen King, Executive Director of Slum Women Initiatives for Development (SWID), as the Innovator of the Year under the Eastern Region category. The award was presented during the inaugural Nile Excellence Annual Awards ceremony, held on 28th […]

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SWID Partners with DEI Group to Strengthen Cassava Value Chain in Busoga.

November 25, 2025 Comments Off on SWID Partners with DEI Group to Strengthen Cassava Value Chain in Busoga.

Kamuli District, Uganda — The Slum Women’s Initiatives for Development (SWID) has taken a major step toward transforming Uganda’s cassava sector following a high-level engagement today with the newly launched DEI Group Advanced Agro-Processing Park in Kamuli District. The state-of-the-art facility—officially commissioned on 20 November by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of […]

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CASSAVA PESTS AND DISEASES AFFECTING YIELDS IN BUSOGA SUB REGION A BIG THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY.

March 14, 2023 No comments yet

CASSAVA PESTS AND DISEASES AFFECTING YIELDS IN BUSOGA SUB REGION A BIG  THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY. Pests and Diseases is one of the major challenges affecting cassava growing in the Busoga sub region. This has caused poor yields leading to hunger and low living standards, cassava being a drought resistant crop that many families in […]

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Training of 100 women /Girls community paralegals on women and girls girls rights to own , access and control land.

July 19, 2022 No comments yet

        Slum Women’s Initiative for Development acknowledges the grant fund from African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF ) Towards ; Equiping 100 women community paralegals with skills and knowledge to break barriers to gender inequality and challenges women/girls are facing relating to land access and ownership of land. Raising awareness for women and […]

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Promoting Women and Girls rights to land in jinja southern Division Jinja city.

July 18, 2022 No comments yet

Empowering women to own land in Jinja City. Slum Women’s Initiative for Development acknowledges grant support from African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF ) towards implementing a one year project entitled “promoting women and girls rights to own land in Jinja southern Division in Jinja City Uganda”. The project goal is raising awareness on women and girls […]

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GENDER CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY IN GRASSROOT COMMUNITIES.

March 19, 2021 No comments yet

  GENDER CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY IN GRASSROOT COMMUNITIES.                       The agency of rural female farmers is essential for enhancing agricultural productivity and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ensuring food security (SDG 2) and addressing the perils of climate change (SDG 13). […]