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The economic autonomy of women...are viewed in Ugandan society.

The economic autonomy of women has been proven to further economic, social and health successes worldwide yet this is further thwarted due to customary laws which prohibit women from owning land or having assets making them instead more vulnerable to poverty, disease and domestic violence. These portraits are of women who, many with the help of NGO livelihood programs such as GOAL, have become the exception that is slowly changing the way women are viewed in Ugandan society.

Sanyu is living with AIDS and ...off the sale of sorghum crops.

Sanyu is living with AIDS and is the sole caretaker of her three children some of which are HIV+. Through a livelihood program which gave her seed, Sanyu sustains her family off the sale of sorghum crops.

Donatella who was once shunned...ving with HIV/AIDS in Uganda).

Donatella who was once shunned in her village for her HIV+ status now has a store and one of the villages only heifers. "Once they [villagers] stayed away. Now they come to me for counsel," she says. women in Uganda make up more than half the workforce, often taking on rigorous physical work like farming and construction in addition to being the primary caregiver to large families and commonly in spite of abject poverty and major health setbacks (disproportionately affected, they account for 57% of all adults living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda).

Donatella sits in her store ou...disease and domestic violence.

Donatella sits in her store outside Lugala town. The economic autonomy of women has been proven to further economic, social and health successes worldwide yet this is further thwarted due to customary laws which prohibit women from owning land or having assets making them instead more vulnerable to poverty, disease and domestic violence.

A Karamojong woman organize dr...ving with HIV/AIDS in Uganda).

A Karamojong woman organize dried grass she will use to construct the thatched homes of manyattas. Women in Uganda make up more than half the workforce, often taking on rigorous physical work like farming and construction in addition to being the primary caregiver to large families and commonly in spite of abject poverty and major health setbacks (disproportionately affected, they account for 57 percent of all adults living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda).

Miriam, the headmaster of Murc... staff live with their family.

Miriam, the headmaster of Murchison Bay Primary School. The school and library, which opened in 2012, are situated within the Luzira Prison compound where many of the prison staff live with their family.

Alice, a home brew gin maker, ...eloped countries in the world.

Alice, a home brew gin maker, stands in front of her home in a slum outside Kampala. Uganda, despite relative stability and economic growth in recent years, remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.

A commericial sex worker at a ...ducation, condoms and support.

A commericial sex worker at a safe house in Busia, Uganda. Educating and protecting commercial sex workers is vital to preventing spread of HIV/AIDS. A local community safe house for sex workers in Busia offers Ajah and other women a space to receive free education, condoms and support.

Ajah, 17, is a commercial sex ...ut has remained HIV/AIDS free.

Ajah, 17, is a commercial sex worker in Busia in Eastern Uganda. For her the work is the only way to earn enough to support herself, an orphan. Ajah faces many barriers in negotiating safe sex with her clients, but has remained HIV/AIDS free.

A widowed mother with her chid... store she runs from her home.

A widowed mother with her chidlren in eastern Uganda. With the help of a livelihood program she can sustain her family from the income she gets from crops and a small general store she runs from her home.

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Women & Work

Copyright Dana Ullman 2024

Updated Jan 2016

Location Uganda

Topics Agriculture, Documentary, Human Rights, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Prostitution, Street, Travel, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights

Dana Ullman / Uganda

Dec 27, 2014

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Dana Ullman / California United States

Dec 16, 2012

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