JustiIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg – the host of EROG-UG- was represented by our ED @ConsultAlbert, along with other #SteeringCommittee members, at the 10th Annual workshop for land and environmental defenders hosted by EROG-Kenya in Mombasa under the theme: “Document, Defend and Mobilise: Strengthening Land and Environmental Defenders through Evidence, Collective Action and Wellbeing” The Last 10 years have focused mostly on documentation, protection of LEDs, and also developing into an increasingly strong network. A Mechanism to influence change and also this is an opportunity to venture into how we can ensure that advocacy transforms into meaningful change to communities. What does it mean to be a Land and Environmental defender in the current context? Bring the context into reality, considering regional trends. Who protects the defender while doing their work? A movement cannot be sustainable when the members are exhausted.

Just in⏰@communitiesOrg supported by @cehurduganda holds a #RadioTalkshow on Identifying Barriers, accessing family planning services, boy child participation in SRHR, access for hard to reach communities, menstrual health and hygiene, teenage pregnancies and child mothers, assessing the role of health workers in Advancing #SRHR and #accesstojustice

JustIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg part of the annual legal, regulatory and fiscal compliance bootcamp with Development Law Group on Building a culture of compliance and resilience for civil society organizations in Kampala. @giz_uganda @DCAUganda @Papiusfidel3

JustIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg represented by our #ED @ConsultAlbert is a part of the Kigezi Region planning Meeting organised by @NPA_UG at @KabaleDistrict Rukiiko Hall. Among the issues to discuss are the key challenges that must be addressed under the #NDPIV

JustIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg delivers a memorandum that presents key human rights concerns emerging from LOSCO's Quarterly #HumanRightsSituation Analysis and Key Issues in Kigezi and seeks structured engagement with the @UHRC_UGANDA and the @PoliceUg. urlkub.co/qO8jDR The #memorandum is designed to support UHRC's constitutional mandate to monitor the human rights situation, investigate human rights violations, receive and act upon complaints, promote human rights education, monitor State compliance with human rights obligations and contribute to appropriate remedies and redress and also seeks to support constructive engagement between Police, communities, civil society and other duty bearers by identifying priority concerns requiring investigation, prevention, enforcement, communication and follow-up. LOSCO is specifically requesting UHRC to consider the following decisions and actions: · Identify priority human rights concerns requiring UHRC monitoring or inquiry; · Determine which reported cases should be referred, investigated or followed up through the appropriate UHRC mechanism; · Undertake targeted monitoring of systemic human rights concerns affecting vulnerable communities in Kigezi; · Facilitate engagement with responsible duty bearers where systemic violations or institutional gaps are identified; · Designate a UHRC focal person for structured engagement with LOSCO; and · Agree on a time-bound follow-up process to assess progress and outstanding human rights concerns. Also; #Specifically, requests the #KigeziRegionalPoliceCommand to: * Strengthen follow-up and accountability for reported cases involving loss of life, violent crime and protection of vulnerable persons; * Strengthen targeted road-safety enforcement and prevention along high-risk corridors; Improve police-community access to information, reporting and justice, particularly for women, children, youth and other vulnerable groups; * Designate a Police focal person to coordinate implementation and reporting on the agreed actions; and * Provide a written response to the priority actions within 14 calendar days and participate in a follow-up accountability engagement with LOSCO and relevant stakeholders. This memorandum is therefore intended to facilitate specific commitments, measurable actions and documented follow-up, rather than simply record concerns.