The womanhood festival that celebrates achievements and women
emancipation is back.
The festival, which kicks off on Tuesday, will run for five days at the
National Theatre in Kampala. For the third year running, the festival will run
during the Women's Day week and this year's festival comes as the world
celebrates the 103rd International Women's Day on March 8.
The festival is dedicated to celebrating the achievements realized in
the struggle to realize women empowerment.
Last year, the festival was held at the time when parliament was debating the long overdue domestic relations bill
and as a result, they featured keynote speakers like parliamentarians to
inform the masses why the bill was important – unfortunately it wasn’t passed.
Besides
public debates and discussions, the free of charge festival also featured
music, dance, storytelling, poetry, bonfire, exhibitions and film screening.
This
year is not different, as it comes back with glitz, humor and even a better
line up of activities.
The
organisers promise five days of networking, learning and lots of fun with
music, dance and storytelling.
The
theme this year is about, Celebrating
women’s accountable leadership and will be a topic of discussion and debate
on 4th, 5th and 6th, unlike last year, this
time round, pimary, secondary and university students will be invited to be
part of the talk.
There
will be a special screening of a documentary about Hon. Rebecca Kadaga on top
of awards that will be handed out to different achievers.
There
will be musical performances by Afrigo band, Diplock Ssegawa, Kenzo, Nandujja,
Jamal and Pablo among others.
The do
will climax on 8th with the screening of Winnie Mandela film.
The
festival looks at promoting Women’s
rights through advocating for Gender
Equality particularly in rural areas during the Native Travel Festival
Tours and the Celebrating Womanhood Festival at the National Theatre in the
country’s capital.
The womanhood festival is a brain child of Sarah Nsigaye’s Native Travel
Festival.
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