Hi everyone. My name is Barbara Nakijoba. I am working with the Uganda Youth Development Link as a monitoring and evaluation Officer. Today is my first day here. I am very excited to be part of this community that is doing tremendous work to support women:). I work, mostly with vulnerable urban youth including young women and girls in Kampala and Wakiso Districts in Uganda. We support the adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) through providing them with psychosocial support, socio-economic empowerment, and use of sports, art therapy, music dance and drama. The package is quite holistic and equips the AGYW with the right information and skills to live a decent life free from exploitation and abuse.
I also run a podcast "the Rising Feminist" anchor.fm/barbara-nakijoba aimed at creating awareness and empowering young women, girls and other young people by covering the knowledge and information gap.
Looking forward to getting to know everybody here!