UN Women Uganda launches bold 2026–2030 strategy to drive gender equality
The new Strategic Note, themed "Power, Progress and Partnerships Driving Equality in Uganda," signals a renewed push for inclusive development as stakeholders call for innovative financing and policy reform.
UN Women Uganda has officially launched its Strategic Note for 2026–2030 at a high-profile ceremony held Wednesday at Four Points by Sheraton Kampala. The launched was attended by leaders from government, the private sector, and international development agencies to chart a course for accelerating gender equity in Uganda over the next five years.
The launch, themed “Power, Progress and Partnerships Driving Equality in Uganda,” drew attention to the persistent and disproportionate burden that women and girls continue to face across poverty, unpaid care work, gender-based violence, and exclusion from economic life. These are challenges that advocates say require urgent, coordinated action.
“Women and girls continue to bear a disproportionate burden of poverty, unpaid care work, violence, exclusion and vulnerability to shocks. We know that gender equality is one of the strongest drivers of sustainable development.” Leonard Zulu, Lead, United Nations Country Team In Uganda, said.
Among the session’s highlights was a panel discussion titled “Partnerships for Gender Equity: Opportunities under the New Strategic Note,” in which Ms. Husnah Natukundah, Director of Human Resource and Results at the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), emerged as a compelling voice for structural change. She underscored the indispensable role women play across every tier of society and urged policymakers and private sector actors alike to move beyond incremental measures.
“If societies are to develop, we must explore innovative ways of empowering women.” Husnah Natukundah, Director Of Human Resource & Results, Psfu, said.
Natukundah’s remarks centred in particular on the persistent financing gap facing women entrepreneurs and professionals, calling for more intentional and creative approaches to expanding women’s access to capital — a theme that resonated across the day’s discussions.
The UN Women Uganda Strategic Note 2026–2030
The Strategic Note is the UN Women country office’s five-year programming framework, aligning with Uganda’s national development priorities and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. It sets out thematic areas, partnerships, and resource mobilisation targets to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment nationwide.
The event reflected a growing consensus that gender equality is not merely a social imperative but an economic one, and that closing gaps in access, opportunity, and voice for Uganda’s women will be central to any credible vision of sustainable national development.
