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The Uganda Association of University Women (UAUW) is a non-governmental organization of women graduates in Uganda. The Association is an affiliate of Graduate Women International

(www.gwi.org). Mary Stuart established The Association, wife of then Bishop Stuart, in 1956. She was by then lecturing at Makerere University and was perturbed by the low numbers of women enrolling for University education at Makerere. She therefore became a strong advocate for increased enrolment of women at all levels of education. UAUW has a vision to be an icon in the promotion of education and equity for women and girls while its mission is to advance equity for Women and Girls through advocacy, education and research in Uganda..

UAUW realizes that the overwhelming majority of Ugandans and in particular, women, continue to live in conditions of extreme poverty characterized by lack of access to education and health care, food insecurity, poor housing and general low standard of living. It was therefore formed with a strong commitment to promoting national development with a special emphasis on enhancing equal opportunities in development so as to ensure gender equity and equality.

Cognisant of the fact that education, both formal and informal, underpins effective change the association encourages graduate women to use their expertise to bring about change, with particular reference to the education of girls and adult literacy. It does this by mobilizing women graduates who have had the privilege to go to school and even attain a degree to give back to society by advocating for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels. Its motto thus reads ‘To whom much is given, much is expected.’

The Association has put in place an organisational framework through which a contribution can be made towards helping to educate the girl child and generally to uplift the welfare of the girl child and other underprivileged members of society.

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