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LEAP Programme - Refugee Women's Political Leadership in Uganda's Yumbe & Adjumani Settlements
Uganda · Yumbe · See the Uganda profile
UN Women's LEAP programme trained refugee and host women in Uganda's Yumbe and Adjumani districts in leadership and livelihoods; women's council seats rose from 10% (2017) to 48% and 54% (2022), though local reporting shows many still face barriers to leadership.
10 %
Women on Refugee Welfare Committees (2017)
48 %
Women on Refugee Welfare Committees, Yumbe (2022)
54 %
Women on Refugee Welfare Committees, Adjumani (2022)
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- UN Women Uganda with CARE International, Office of the Prime Minister, UNHCR and Refugee Law Project (funded by the Government of Norway)
- Period
- 2018-ongoing (expansion planned through 2025)
- Keywords
- political participation, refugee inclusion, livelihoods, leadership training
Context
Since 2018, UN Women Uganda has run the Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Protection (LEAP) Programme, funded by Norway with the Office of the Prime Minister, UNHCR and the Refugee Law Project, training refugee and host-community women in Yumbe and Adjumani districts in literacy, leadership and public speaking, alongside a livelihoods track with CARE International.
Results
Women's representation on Refugee Welfare Committees in Yumbe and Adjumani rose from 10% in 2017 to 48% and 54% respectively by 2022; by March 2020, CARE International had organised 977 women into 34 livelihood groups and trained over 1,000 refugees and host-community members.
Conclusions
Independent Ugandan press reporting on the same statistics notes that despite these gains, many refugee women still avoid leadership positions and few reach senior committee roles.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-05
- UN Women Uganda with CARE International, Office of the Prime Minister, UNHCR and Refugee Law Project (funded by the Government of Norway) — accessed 2026-07-05
- UN Women - In Uganda, refugee women's leadership drives inclusive humanitarian action — accessed 2026-07-05
- UN Women Africa - COVID-19 response: UN Women builds economic resilience of women in refugee camps in Uganda — accessed 2026-07-05
- Daily Monitor - Refugee women struggle to break leadership barriers in Yumbe — accessed 2026-07-05
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