Email
info@bwova.org
Call
+256 (0) 700375170
Working Hours
Mon - Sat 8am - 5pm
Buganda Women Vendors Association was formed in 2020 to provide financing and networking opportunities to women vendors in Buganda Region of Uganda. The Association was established because in Buganda Region in particular and Uganda in general, women vendors are usually silenced, ignored and undervalued and are still excluded from the decisions that affect them, their families and communities and yet they play a key role in transforming communities. The Association supports, promotes, empowers and recognizes Women Vendors in the Region.
To empower women vendors in Buganda to achieve success for their own and their families.
Shaping future of women vendors by providing opportunities for development, fostering valuable connections and facilitating member success through business.
Membership to the Association is open to all women vendors in Buganda Region. These may be women market and street vendors. Membership is also open to women’s groups and organizations working for the empowerment of Women vendors in particular and women in general
We work to empower women vendors to address the challenges they face including discrimination and gender-based violence in market and public places.
We organize dialogues with authorities aimed at highlighting out the challenges women vendors face and propose solutions. In this, we promote mechanisms for conflict resolution and peaceful co-existence. We organize activities like roundtables, meetings and mediation sessions to enable women vendors to interface with authorities.
We conduct media campaigns to raise awareness on the rights of Women Vendors. We work with local governments to be supportive and ensure a safe environment for women vendors who usually faces challenges like destruction of property, confiscation of their goods and street gang battery.
We provide our members with training, technical and financial resources that enable women vendors conduct business.