Catherine Twongyeirwe

On October 14th, 2026, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Marksons Oboth, directed Gov’t to halt enforcement of the charcoal ban until the Minister for Energy & Mineral Development presents a comprehensive report on uptake,affordability & readiness of alternative energy sources. Uganda has the strategy according to the Energy Transition Plan(2023)! What is missing is delivery at the household gate & sequencing that protects women while delivery catches up. Read more in our Policy Brief; bit.ly/3W1mWoj @awdf01 @theGEF @GlobalFundWomen @theGCF

Improved #CleanEnergy is a health intervention to which women have a right & yet during this “𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧” debate,almost nobody is speaking about the person who actually dominates its usage-the WOMAN! The forest & woman at the stove move hand-in-hand. Therefore any Just energy-transition MUST protect the forest & the woman who dominates as the end-user. #JustCleanEnergyTransition @awdf01 @WomenDeliver @theGEF @GlobalFundWomen

There are a variety of #CleanEnergy solutions available for Ugandans,however, these remain out of reach due to affordability, a barrier we must confront! While over 90% of Ugandan households still rely on firewood or charcoal, cleaner options like Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG),e-Cooking & biogas remain financially out of reach for due to high refill & electricity costs. In our report,affordability accounts for 45% as a challenge to women’s access to clean energy. Qtn: Is the energy system designed around the financial reality? Read more in our report: bit.ly/4B8vn1d @awdf01 @actionaiduganda

People affected by climate change policies & services must help shape them,especially women who are the immediate custodians of the environment. True climate resilience happens when we shift from treating women as passive observers to honoring them as rightful custodians of their land. ♻️Shift decision-making authority directly into the hands of those with lived experience. ✅Elevate Women as Custodians: ⚖️Women must be actively engaged from inception through to evaluation, long before recovery resources & funding priorities are locked in. When we build climate systems around the people who understand the land best, the entire ecosystem benefits. #ActNow: Let's move beyond consultation & start practicing true co-creation. @awdf01 @EU_ENV

📢In this new week,let's shine a spotlight on the incredible impact of protecting women’s rights starting from the grassroots level. 📌When we invest in their inclusion,we’re directly contributing to the change our vulnerable communities need! ✅️Let's play our role. @awdf01

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑼𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂!🇺🇬 But true sovereignty means nurturing the soil that sustains us. As Uganda marks 64 years of Independence, we honor the visionary women at the grass roots leading climate action and guarding our natural heritage. Let’s grow a sustainable future together🌱 #UgandaAt64 #WomenInClimateChange #HappyIndependenceDay2026

Our research brief using the CLEAR tool, into Uganda’s ETP,launched at COP28 in 2023, found that the plan sets population-wide clean cooking & electricity targets but lacks a gender-specific target inside those numbers! It can’t be a successful plan if leaves out the rural woman. 𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝟑𝟏, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟒 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬; 1. Add gender targets inside the ETPs so progress can actually be measured. 2. Put women on the energy planning committees at district & national level. 3. Design clean energy loans that fit village savings groups especially women-led. 4. Run a gender & safety check on every energy project before its approval. Read more: wemug.org/documents/Bridging… #InclusiveCleanEnergy #EcoFeminism

Meaningful change happens when people come together to share ideas, strengthen partnerships, and turn commitments into action. That's why Equality 🚻is a necessity in the advancing of the human rights agenda especially during decision making. Women too, MUST have a seat at the table!⚖️ @awdf01 @EUinUG

It’s now October, as we countdown ⏰ 38days🗓️ to COP31 The 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒆́𝒎 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏📋agreed at COP30, calls for climate action to be gender responsive, including in how finance💰 works. In plain language,the money for climate action should serve women too, not just mention them. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭? Progress is possible,but protecting & advancing women’s & girls’ rights requires sustained action. Climate finance for Uganda should set a real share for grassroots women's groups,with reporting rules that a village group can actually manage. We need to ensure grassroots fossil project-affected women groups have the resources & support to keep driving change through diverse livelihood recovery ventures while challenging climate impacts. #GenderResponsiveClimateAction #GenderEquality @awdf01

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫?🤔 In 2025, we stood with Indigenous peoples & local communities protecting Bugoma,Budongo Forests & Murchison Falls National Park. In Kikuube district, we sat with forest-host communities from 21 villages to plan joint advocacy against oil, land grabbing, & sugarcane expansion. Together with “𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭” Campaign partners, we asked the Ministry of Lands & NFA to release the forest boundary opening report. If the digital agenda can help monitor & map encroachment early, then technology becomes a friend of the ecosystem. That is a conversation we MUST inclusively have. @awdf01

Drawing on analysis of the “CLEAR”exercise,we conducted trainings on developing Agriculture Resilience Plans(APRs) to identify specific vulnerability of women smallholder farmers to climate impacts & articulate the targeted support strategies. #CommunitySupport @awdf01 @EUinUG

#Empowerment: Using our “Consolidated Livelihood Exercise for Analyzing Resilience(CLEAR)” tool,we have been able to map out the impacts of climate change on women’s socioeconomic dev’t. This has informed our skills & resource training of women farmers groups in food security.

The 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐞́𝐦 𝐆𝐀𝐏 was adopted at COP30 in Brazil with objectives including women’s participation & gender-responsive finance. So looking at the Albertine Graben,is there any positivity that came in for women after their land was taken for fossil projects? #JustTransition

At COP30 in Belém,Brazil, Gov’ts adopted the Belém GAP,a 9-year commitment that climate action must respond to the realities women face. As part of the #GlobalClimateWeekOfAction,impact assessment for oil & gas-projects must consider women’s socioeconomic &health rights! @awdf01

#WomensLandRights For us,empowering women to know their rights is an opportunity to hold those responsible accountable to obligations already made under frameworks including the 1995 Constitution! How are you supporting implementation of gender-responsive provisions? @awdf01

ALWAYS,💯of the time! Strengthening women’s socioeconomic positions is building a stronger community📌 ✅Amplify women’s voices. ✅Reinvent perceptions of women. ✅Ensure women’s safety. ✅Strengthen women’s access to justice. ✅Promote equality. #GenderEquality @awdf01

Oil wealth that is counted in barrels but in women’s lost livelihoods is a debt our communities are paying. What we need for our communities is clean energy investment, fair compensation, restored access to land & water & protection of our forests & lakes. #TheirVoicesMatter

What was named “Sweet” is sour for host communities! We join other CSOs across East Africa,Nigeria & Ghana to release a joint communique on the naming ceremony for Uganda’s oil. We are against dev’t pushing our people out. #TheirVoicesMatter Read more: bit.ly/3SCbPkt