Welcome to iCON

Conceived in 2005, the Icon, Women and Young People's Academy (iCON) is a unique initiative that aims to fully unleash the leadership potential of women and young people (male and female) including women and young people who have been marginalized or affected and living with HIV/AIDS and/or gender based violence, to fully take the lead in developing innovative approaches to address poverty, violence, gender inequality and gender inequity in all areas of society.Read More

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CSW (56) Updates: Civil Society Statement on the role of rural women in poverty eradication, development and challenges

January 19, 2012                                                                                 

CSW (56) Updates: Civil Society Statement on the role of rural women in poverty eradication, development and challenges

Some of the iCON Fellows from Northern Uganda CSW Updates: iCON invites you to a meeting with government on Wednesday 25-01-2012 at 10am at the offices of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development offices to present the Civil Society Statement on the role of rural women in poverty... Read More No Comments »

Northern Uganda CSOs Review Rural Women’s Role in Poverty eradication

January 19, 2012                                                                                 

Northern Uganda CSOs Review Rural Women's Role in Poverty eradication

Gulu, 17th January 2012: iCON successfully mobilized members of Civil Society, informal and formal women’s groups, individuals and the Some of the iCON Fellows from Northern Uganda Private Sector in northern Uganda to discuss the findings of the theme of the 56 session of the commission... Read More No Comments »

Transformation for the Next Generation

December 15, 2011                                                                                 

The late Rev Canon Bartholomew Musoke Zimbe is one of the most generous yet little known philanthropists of his generation. He gave up the privileged lifestyle of a Chieftain in the Buganda Kingdom for Christianity before devoting the rest of his life to advocating for the abolition of slave trade... Read More No Comments »

A Woman Before Her Time

December 15, 2011                                                                                 

Maama Theresa Mbire has always been described as a woman beyond her time! Trained as teacher and then widowed early in life, she applied her energies to raising six children. In an era when many women would have looked to re-marrying as an easy way out, Theresa started a string of business... Read More No Comments »

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