Programme to improve Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Policy and Services Environment in Uganda (PROMISE)

About the Project:

Uganda has been a fast growing economy for the past three decades, with an increasingly large middle-class . Uganda’s formal private sector is growing. The growth in the formal sector is marked by a number of challenges – including the lack of well-organised and strong unions. Workers’ rights are therefore far from being fulfilled. Reports show that up to 90% of women experience sexual harassment in the workplace, and there is a lack of protection against sexual offences and compensation and justice for victims. Discrimination in employment based on race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin, HIV status or disability. Therefore, RHU continue to work and collaborate closely with the two important players- FUE and PSFU towards realising the poor and marginalised workers and their families are empowered to exercise their SRHR.

RHU and DFPA have signed a four-year partnership contract, which will be implemented around six thematic areas during 2018-2021. Among the five thematic areas is the SRHR, Gender Equality and the Private Sector project starting January 2020.

IMPLEMENTATION LOCATION; National Advocacy and Hoima district.

Project Goal & Objectives:

To promote and have sexual Reproductive Health and Rights respected, protected and fulfilled as a fundamental means to gender equality, human beings and environmental sustainability.

Objectives

National decision-makers as well as local private sector companies contribute to strengthening SRHR and GE for employees in Uganda.
Employees in the private sector in Uganda are empowered through improved SRHR and GE at the workplace.
CSOs and selected private sector business associations hold governments and companies accountable for employees increased access to SRHR and GE, with reduced GBV.

Target Group

Community members in area of project operation
Federation of Uganda Employers, Private companies, CSOs
Poor and marginalized between the age of 15-45 years.

Plans of changes to create

Conduct project inception meetings RHU and WWF.
Hold meetings to develop materials/briefs highlighting SRHR and environmental sustainability in Uganda.
Conduct trainings for duty bearers to integrate SRHR and environmental sustainability policies such as NAPs, NDPs.
Hold national dialogue meetings prior to CBA, COPs and HLPF to develop position papers for national advocacy.
Print and disseminate country specific advocacy and communication materials.
Conduct dialogue meetings with key stakeholders to present a case and foster buy in integration of SRHR and Environmental sustainability.
Conduct media engagements and tours to benchmark best practices and stories for national advocacy.
Conduct grassroots and community-based stakeholder meetings in Albertine Region (Hoima, Rubirizi, Kibaale) and south Western (Kanungu/Kisoro).
RHU conducts health camps/outreaches in WWF sites in Albertine and south western Uganda.
Media engagements to bring out environmental sustainability interventions in Albertine region.
Conduct district and regional stakeholder meetings on integration SRHR & Environmental sustainability.
Conduct dialogue meetings with key stakeholders to buy in the integration of SRHR and environmental sustainability.
Conduct field support supervision to Hoima (Kagadi).
Conduct thematic meetings in partnership with WWF and Ministry of Water and Environment to generate country position paper for COP25.
Conduct a Health camps in Rubirizi and Kagadi.
Contribution to planning meeting.
Contribute to facilitate orientation of RHU BEC meetings.

Project's theory of change

Basing on the RHU Annual report 2019, the PRMOISE Project set a variety of objectives and achieved some as planned however those that were not implemented due to some challenges are under strict supervision by the RHU comms support team to overcome them as follows;

The cost to conduct project inception meetings was low due to reduced costs of the hotel than planned, therefore an adjustment in the project budget is required.
The meeting to develop materials was not done because of another project AFP had committed funds to do the same activity and thus would be conducted in second year.
The cost to hold national dialogue meetings prior to CBA, COPs and HLPF was high due to more numbers of participants that attended than initially planned thus limiting them due next meeting.
The cost to conduct health camps/outreaches in WWF sites in Albertine and south western Uganda was higher because of the more camps conducted and high cost to procure commodities for health camps than planned hence the RHU including a priced budget for the procure commodities in the plans.
Social media engagements planned for year two because of the delayed confirmation by the district leadership for media interviews.