iCON Fellowships 2012: Apply Today, Don’t be Left Out!
May 4, 2012 in building leadership, Children's Leadership Program, Empowerment, Featured, iCON, Policy advocacy, social enterpreneur, UNWE, WLN, Women empowerment, YLN
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CSW 56 Updates: Facts and Figures on Rural Women Poverty and Hunger
February 28, 2012 in Africa Women's Decade, Beijing +15 review, BPfA, Children's Leadership Program, CSW, Empowerment, Featured, Icon, iCON, Women empowerment
Poverty and Hunger
- Gender inequality is a major cause and effect of hunger and poverty: it is estimated that 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women and girls. (Source: WFP Gender Policy and Strategy.)
- On average, women make up about 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries. Evidence indicates that if these women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by 20 to 30 percent, raising total agricultural output in these countries by 2.5 to 4 percent. This would reduce the number of hungry people in the world by around 12 to 17 percent.
- Almost 70 percent of employed women in South Asia work in agriculture, as do more than 60 percent of employed women in sub-Saharan Africa. This highlights the importance of developing policies and programmes that address their needs, interests and constraints.
- Less than 20 percent of the world’s landholders are women. Women represent fewer than 5 percent of all agricultural landholders in North Africa and West Asia, while in sub-Saharan Africa they make up an average of 15 percent.
- Women in sub-Saharan Africa collectively spend about 40 billion hours a year collecting water. Per week, women in Guinea collect water for 5.7 hours, compared to 2.3 hours for men; in Sierra Leone women spend 7.3 compared to 4.5 hours for men; and in Malawi this figure is 9.1 compared to 1.1 hours. This significantly impacts women’s employment opportunities.
- Research indicates that when more income is put into the hands of women, child nutrition, health and education improves. In South and Central America, rural children are about 1.8 times more likely to be underweight than their urban counterparts. Other regions do not fare much better.
Education
- Women make up more than two-thirds of the world’s 796 million illiterate people.
- According to global statistics, just 39 percent of rural girls attend secondary school. This is far fewer than rural boys (45 percent), urban girls (59 percent) and urban Read the rest of this entry →
Child Initiatives to Boost Eradication of Violence
December 14, 2011 in Blog, Children, Children's Leadership Program, CLP, social enterpreneur
Eastern Uganda
Through the Child Leaders Program, iCON was introduced to Badru Gidudu, an enterprising young man in Junior High School (S.3). With experience in building, building painting, carpentry and cooking, Badru was one of the children involved in the iCON Child Leadership Enhancement Seminar. This seminar was a step in the organization’s process of building a cadre of children and youth who are passionate and committed to advancing environmental sustainability in Uganda.
The first born in a parentless home, Badru Read the rest of this entry →
iCON Masculinity and Leadership Fellowship Application – Northern Uganda
October 17, 2011 in Africa Women's Decade, building leadership, Children's Leadership Program, Featured, Icon, iCON
ICON WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (iCON)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
THE 2011 iCON NORTHERN UGANDA MASCULINITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIPS
THEME: “PEACE BUILDING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION”
iCON continues to extend Peace Building and Social Transformation Fellowship opportunities to the Acholi Sub-Region of Northern Uganda.
This campaign entails a number of activities aimed at igniting the entrepreneurial and transformational leadership capacities of young women, women and men to promote and sustain a vibrant peace building and social transformation agenda in their communities.
Under our Men to Men membership space, iCON is building a critical mass of Male Champions equipped with practical behavior change strategies to embrace gender equality and promote violence free families and social transformation. Working with women activists, these iCON members are in turn members of a broader Men to Men sub regional movement dedicated to a gender just world.
This work benefits from a unique partnership with Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET), Icon Partners and Associates, the African Communication and Development Network (FEMNET) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Deadline is Monday 31st October, 2011
Urgent action in favour of the street children
June 28, 2011 in Blog, Children
This year the day of the African child was celebrated under the theme , “All Together for Urgent Action in favour of Street Children.” A number of activities were organised to celebrate the African child in Uganda. The Tumaini Awards were held to honor those individuals, Corporations, business persons and organizations that have gone an extra mile in the protection and promotion of the rights of children.
iCON celebrated the Day of the African child in Northern Uganda and visited Gulu Police School and Alliance High School where students were sensitized on the relevance of this day. Students then participated in an art competition organized by iCON. In this competition they were encouraged to reflect on this year’s National theme of the Day of the African Child and solutions to the ever going problem of street children. The students would then express what they felt were the solutions through art work.
The Optimists creed
June 28, 2011 in Blog, Children, social enterpreneur, Women empowerment
This was shared by Women in Leadership’s Winnie Kamuya on the iCON mailing lis
I Promise myself…
To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet
To make all my friends feel that there is something in them
- To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true
- To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.
- To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own
- To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
- To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature I meet a smile
- To give so much time to the improvement of myself that I have no time to criticize others
- To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
- My Attitude . . . Is My Life
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Day of the African 2010 – Uganda Children’s Memo
July 28, 2010 in Children, Children's Leadership Program, CLP, Featured, Icon, iCON
Atatched is the Day of the African Child (DAC) 2010 children’s memo. Utilise the messages for your
programmes and advocacy.
Misery for Bududa School Kids After Landslide
March 21, 2010 in Children's Leadership Program, CLP
ELEVEN-year-old Aggrey Musene is perhaps one pupil who
Uganda village 'like a giant cemetery'
demonstrates the misery pupils and students in Namashet parish are going through, after a devastating landslide that buried and killed several of his colleagues. At least 50 pupils and students have been confirmed dead and over 100 are still missing, according to the Uganda Red Cross Society.
The pupils and students came from Nametsi Primary School, Tunuwasi Primary School and Bukalasi Secondary School. Musene, a Primary Five Pupil at Nametsi Primary School lost his best friend Michael Wabusha and 35 others.
Musene was sad, unable to speak. Misery was written all over his pale face and tears began to fall from his red eyes that seemed to have cried since the tragedy. He was weak, tired and almost unable to respond to any questions.
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