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Many young Ugandans hear the term human rights but few fully understand what those rights mean in everyday life. This gap in civic knowledge leaves them feeling powerless and disconnected from systems meant to protect them. The Civic Classroom is a weekly civic education series designed to break down complex ideas about human rights, governance & citizenship into simple, relatable conversations. My main audience is young people in Uganda, many of whom spend a significant amount of time on TikTok. By bringing civic education to the platforms young people already use, the goal is to make information about rights more accessible and engaging. An informed generation is better equipped to speak up, participate and peacefully challenge repression and authoritarianism. #CivicEducation #HumanRights #YouthEngagement #Democracy #TheCivicClassroom
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A great message deserves a voice people remember. Here’s a glimpse of what I do behind the mic — bringing brands, stories, and ideas to life through voice. Commercials • Radio Ads • Narration • Social Media • IVR & more. Need a voice for your next project? Let’s work.
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Nepotism is bad governance, whether it happens in public institutions, private institutions, or civil society. When opportunities are given based on family ties and personal connections instead of merit, competence and fairness, institutions suffer. We should not normalize nepotism. It is a governance problem. @GovUganda @Parliament_Ug @KCCAUG @MinofHealthUG #TheCivicClassroom
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Growing up, no one talked to me about periods now I get why that silence was part of the problem. Support starts with not looking away but stepping up. #PeriodWithoutPause
Ending menstrual stigma requires everyone in the conversation including men. Menstruation is natural and no woman or girl should be made to feel ashamed, rejected or uncomfortable because of her period. Support her. Respect her. Normalize the conversation. #PeriodWithoutPause #SisterhoodMenstrualKit
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Ending menstrual stigma requires everyone in the conversation including men. Menstruation is natural and no woman or girl should be made to feel ashamed, rejected or uncomfortable because of her period. Support her. Respect her. Normalize the conversation. #PeriodWithoutPause #SisterhoodMenstrualKit
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The call for peaceful civic participation, accountability and respect for fundamental rights is important. Ordinary Ugandans should be able to raise concerns about their livelihoods, environment and future without intimidation. #Free14RootedInResistanceActivists
We must never give up on our convictions, we will always show up as ordinary Ugandans who are sick of the state's excesses that marginalizes the well-being and welfare of its own people. We are just ordinary voices majorly students, farmers, small-scale business owners, ghetto based youths, teachers, doctors, engineers rising to the occasion redefining the future we want. The state narrative that oil is a game changer for the country's ambitious $500bn economic growth is a brain washing scheme to enrich a few powerful selfish individuals at a time when millions of ordinary people are going to bed hungry, lacking basic education, victims of a poor healthcare system and a sickening cost of living crisis yet important productive sectors of the economy like Agriculture, tourism, fishing are being silently crippled as a result of the severe consequences from the country's continued investments in fossil fuels. Rooted in Resistance positions it's self as the only formidable non-violent force at the center of providing the Alternative Choices that must guide the country's future henceforth we remain at crossroads of a struggle for Sustainable Systems and we will continuously occupy all hotspots of economic oppression and put our urgent demands on the national agenda. #free14rootedinresistanceactivists
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Nepotism denies opportunities, undermines merit, and weakens institutions. If we are serious about building a prosperous Africa, we cannot simply ignore it. Africa needs systems where opportunity is based on merit, fairness, and ability not connections. Thank you Norah.
Nepotism is bad governance, whether it happens in public institutions, private institutions, or civil society. When opportunities are given based on family ties and personal connections instead of merit, competence and fairness, institutions suffer. We should not normalize nepotism. It is a governance problem. @GovUganda @Parliament_Ug @KCCAUG @MinofHealthUG #TheCivicClassroom
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Onjagadde Mulwatu, Nange bwentyo. Happy Birthday @Makana_Kennedy . You, my friend deserve all the good things you want and need. We have stood at the frontlines together, partied hard. Cried. Laughed. Fought. Reconciled. And yet with everything our friendship has been fed and watered! May we live to see the Uganda we deserve! Aluta Continua comrade! @edmundayesigwa get the rabbits @NsemereEA continue the good search Nkwagala okutuka kumwezi. #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
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Menstruation affects every girl differently. On some days, she may be tired, uncomfortable, quiet, emotional or just need a little more patience than usual. Don’t be quick to label her attitude or judge her behaviour. Understanding menstruation is part of ending the stigma around it. #PeriodWithoutPause #SisterhoodMenstrualKit
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How transparent and accountable is political finance across Asia? Our latest report reviews political finance systems in 17 countries and identifies the areas most in need of reform. ⬇️ anticorru.pt/3jk
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Africa still has no permanent seat on the Security Council. A 21st century Security Council without permanent African representation is unjust & indefensible. We must reform the Council so that it reflects today’s world with the legitimacy and effectiveness that today’s challenges demand.
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When we engage boys at school and community levels, they can become allies in ending the stigma and shame around menstruation. #SisterhoodMenstrualKit #PeriodWithoutPause
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#SoutheastAsia: A job offer can become a gateway into a cyber-scam industry that is already affecting hundreds of thousands of people. Across Southeast Asia, fake job offers are being used to lure people into a brutal system of trafficking and exploitation. Victims are taken to compounds controlled by organised criminal networks along the Thailand-Myanmar border, where they are forced to work up to 16 hours a day under constant surveillance, threats and punishment. Survivors describe being handcuffed, deprived of sleep and water, tortured and subjected to sexual abuse. In this interview, Judah Tana, founder and director of Global Advance Projects, explains how his organisation works with CSOs, embassies, law-enforcement agencies and survivor networks to secure survivors’ release and support them afterwards with basic needs, documentation and legal processes. He calls for a global response to an industry that leaves survivors facing lengthy recovery and repatriation processes, while continuing to adapt, evolve and spread beyond Southeast Asia. Read the interview: web.civicus.org/Judah-Tana #CIVICUSLens #SoutheastAsia #Thailand #Myanmar #Inclusion #Cyber-scam
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NEW: The Myanmar military junta subjects women political prisoners to torture, sexual violence, and life-threatening denial of medical care. 🧵⤵️
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1/4 Today, together with fellow young people and other Defenders, I attended a Constitutional Court hearing in the matter of Rueben Zulu and 5 Others v. The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Parliament of Zimbabwe, the Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs,
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Tomorrow morning I and @RogerKamaraNow will be giving you some of the good Wednesday vibes 😎 on @StreamUGRadio 🔥🔥🔥 Listen via streamugradio.com
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Menstrual education isn't just for girls, it's for everyone. The more we normalize this conversation, the less shame and stigma girls carry. #PeriodWithoutPause
When schools, adults and communities join the conversation around menstruation, we reduce the stigma and shame surrounding periods. The more openly we talk about menstruation, the more normal it becomes. #SisterhoodMenstrualKit #PeriodWithoutPause
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This country has been turned into a kindergarten, but even kindergarten has order and structures. This country is now a kettle (ebinika)
Earlier today we were stopped by traffic at Jinja road when they requested for permit we provided an endorsement @mkainerugaba book for Mukono district and they signed @PoliceUg Viva @HonTwallafadil @DaudiKabanda @PLUsecretariat @Plumedia1
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Break the chain of online harm: 1. Don't repost, tag friends, or add laughing reactions 2. Report harmful content immediately 3. Check on the person being targeted Choose action over audience. #MyDigitalRightsUG #EndTFGBVUG
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