Relations between gender-focused NGOs, advocacy work, and government: a Ugandan case study

Mary Ssonko Nabacwa

Development in Practice, 2010, vol. 20, issue 3, 395-406

Abstract: Relations between the Ugandan government and NGOs engaged in gender-focused NGO advocacy tend to keep NGOs visibly engaged but do not necessarily alter the status of poor women. These relations manifest themselves in government advising NGO advocacy work; sympathising with the NGOs; co-opting NGOs and individuals; publicising gender issues; and de-legitimising gender-focused NGO activities. The article links these phenomena to the government's wish to appear receptive to the concerns of civil-society organisations, of which NGOs are a major component. This is important to its image in the international aid community, where it projects itself as generally democratic and supportive of good governance.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/09614521003710039

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