In Northern Uganda few women participated actively in higher levels of local and national politics. Issues affecting women have not attracted much attention by government or civil society. Even elected women at the lower levels were often too timid to engage effectively in raising and discussing such issues. Reasons for limited participation of women as contestants in elections included harassments, resistance by husbands, and misleading perceptions about women in leadership.
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Uganda enacted laws that grant men and women equal rights to land and other property rights, regardless of their marital status. The application of these laws was hindered by:
Despite the strong normative framework on Gender Equality, including regulations, guidelines, protocols and even district level laws and ordinances, actual implementation of the policies has remained challenging.