Becoming a mother as a teenager often comes with stigma, isolation, and limited opportunities, making it harder for young mothers to rebuild their confidence and secure a better future for themselves and their children. With support from 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪, our Terego office provided psychosocial counselling and livelihood skills training to 15 teenage mothers from Katrini Sub-county. Through individual and group counselling sessions, participants received support on emotional healing, self-esteem, positive parenting, and future planning, while also acquiring practical liquid soap-making skills to strengthen their economic resilience. By combining psychosocial support with livelihood opportunities, we are helping young mothers regain confidence, rebuild hope, and take meaningful steps toward a more secure future. ⭐️ #RDEProject

When her husband died, a 68-year-old widow in Napak inherited the family land. Years later, she found herself fighting to keep it after a neighbour attempted to extend his boundary into her property. Unable to afford a court process and feeling powerless, she turned to us for support. Through a locus mediation conducted by our Legal Officer @clare_pedun, supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪, the encroachment was acknowledged, and steps were taken to restore the rightful boundary. For many widows, succession is not just about inheriting property, it is about being able to keep it. Through accessible justice services, we are helping women protect their rights, preserve their livelihoods, and secure their future with dignity. ⚖️ #RDEProject

👥 Male engagement is a critical part of advancing access to justice and transforming harmful social norms. Through the Partnerships on Accountability, Civic Engagement, and Rights Project, we also work with male Community Legal Volunteers (CLVs) who play an important role in promoting positive masculinity, supporting mediation processes, raising awareness on human rights, and encouraging men in their communities to become part of the solution. #RDEProject

💡 Despite this progress, challenges remain. Cases of domestic violence, SGBV, child marriage, land conflicts, denial of property rights, and other harmful practices continue to affect many communities. This reflection meeting will strengthen the capacity of CLVs and informal justice actors, enhance referral pathways, promote peer learning, and generate practical solutions to improve access to justice for all. Session moderated by @ByaruhangaRica, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, FIDA-Uganda. #RDEProject

📊 The impact of CLVs continues to be felt across our project areas. According to the 2025 Partnerships on Accountability, Civic Engagement, and Rights Project Annual Performance Report, CLVs handled 5,448 cases, successfully resolved 4,002 cases, and referred 1,263 cases for advanced support, including 1,100 cases referred to @PoliceUg. These achievements reflect growing community trust in justice systems and improved access to support for vulnerable women, girls, and marginalized groups. #RDEProject

⚖️ Community Legal Volunteers (CLVs), elders, cultural leaders, and local council leaders are often the first point of support for vulnerable people seeking justice in remote communities. They play a vital role in legal awareness creation, mediation, referrals, community mobilization, and follow-up of cases involving gender-based violence, child protection, land disputes, domestic violence, and other human rights violations. #RDEProject

📍We are convening Community Legal Volunteers (CLVs) and informal justice actors from Karamoja and West Nile under the Partnerships on Accountability, Civic Engagement, and Rights Project to reflect, learn, and strengthen community-based access to justice. Through this project, we are working to increase citizens’ demand for justice, promote human rights, and enhance accountability for women, girls, and other vulnerable populations through legal aid, advocacy, legal awareness, and community empowerment initiatives. Supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪 📷 credit: Rachel Sanyu #RDEProject

Access to justice took a significant step forward in Napak District with the launch of the 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞by the Judiciary and the operationalisation of the Napak Grade I Court. 🏛️ Designed to help individuals resolve simple civil disputes quickly, affordably, and without the need for legal representation. By allowing parties to use their mother tongue and ensuring cases are concluded within a short timeframe, the procedure makes justice more accessible to ordinary citizens. For the people of Napak, this development means reduced travel costs, fewer delays, and improved access to court services closer to home. It also strengthens the ability of community members to seek redress for monetary disputes and other civil matters, bringing justice within reach for those who need it most. 👏🏾 #RDEProject

🔴 LIVE NOW! Our Space on wills, inheritance, family property, and succession rights is on. Join the conversation here 🎙️: x.com/i/spaces/1qxvvvPkXPnxB #RDEProject

“𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰” Have you had conversations about what happens to your property and loved ones when you’re no longer here? Many family disputes can be prevented through proper succession planning. Join Dr Harriet Diana Musoke, senior lecturer, IUIU and moderator @SarahAnzoa, Women’s Rights Activist for an insightful discussion on succession, inheritance rights, and protecting family property. 📅 2nd June 2026 ⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM 🎙️ Hosted by @nbstv Supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪 #RDEProject

📢 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒆 for an engaging X Space conversation on Succession and Inheritance Rights under the theme: “𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰.” 🗓️ 2nd June 2026 ⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Hosted by @nbstv, this conversation will delve into key legal and practical issues around succession, inheritance, and protecting family rights. Supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪 #RDEProject

Because effective conflict resolution starts within communities, our legal associate, @ALakwech, under the Partnerships on Accountability, Civic Engagement, and Rights Project supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪 🇳🇱🇮🇪, utilised a locus mediation to peacefully resolve a land dispute involving a vulnerable landowner facing eviction threats. Conducted directly on the disputed land alongside local leaders and community members, the mediation helped clarify boundaries, strengthen awareness on land rights, and secure a peaceful settlement, including an alternative access arrangement for the affected road section. The intervention reflects the importance of community-based and non-adversarial justice mechanisms in protecting vulnerable populations. #RDEProject

In Arua City, FIDA-Uganda and @ceforduganda under the Partnerships on Accountability, Civic Engagement, and Rights Project, reached 83 community members with practical legal awareness on land and property rights, succession, and GBV, while providing on-site legal aid to those in need. This is key because legal knowledge, harmful norms, and lack of documentation continue to expose women to property grabbing, disinheritance, and GBV. Through open community dialogue, participants didn’t just learn, they shared real experiences, asked questions, and received immediate legal support. With support from 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪, this work continues to break barriers to justice at community level. #RDEProject

Qtn 9: What are the requirements of a valid will? ⚖️. Supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪 #RDEProject

VIDEO: "A lot of people do not know that you need a letter of administration by the court for you to deal with the property of a deceased, if the person died without a will." - Susan Baluka – Lawyer, FIDA-Uganda. #NBSBreakfastMeeting #RDEProject #NBSUpdates

"Our society has a very superstitious attitude towards will making. We believe that when you make a will, you are going to die." - Susan Baluka – Lawyer, FIDA-Uganda. #NBSBreakfastMeeting #RDEProject #NBSUpdates

VIDEO: Succession law is the area of law that deals with how we deal with the estate/property of a deceased person. - Susan Baluka – Lawyer, FIDA-Uganda. #NBSBreakfastMeeting #RDEProject #NBSUpdates

Legal awareness remains a challenge in Uganda, particularly in matters of inheritance and estate management. Many families face disputes, property grabbing, and prolonged legal battles due to a limited understanding of succession law. #NBSBreakfastMeeting #RDEProject #NBSUpdates

In a small manyatta outside Kaabong, a baby girl was born into silence because she was not the son her family had hoped for. The neighbours began calling her “Nyo”, meaning “Why?” As in, “Why did you come?” Her story is painful, but it is not hopeless. Across Karamoja, harmful beliefs about girls continue to deny some children the love, care, and dignity they deserve. Yet change begins with small acts: a conversation, a parent choosing differently, a community standing up for every child. With support from 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪, we will provide counselling to help this family understand that girls are not a burden, they are a blessing, full of worth, promise, and potential. #RDEProject

Our Legal Aid Clinic Manager, Susan Nabatte, will be live on @sanyukatv tomorrow to unpack the question: 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? Tune in as she explores the intersection of culture, law, and women’s rights, and what the law says about protecting women from discrimination, disinheritance, and property grabbing. Supported by 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇱🇮🇪. #RDEProject