UMWA Objectives
- To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and technical skills and resources for media women, and the public at large.
- To promote good governance in this country through the free flow of information.
- To address the concerns of women in all fields through the efforts of women in media.
- To establish a sense of awareness among members and the Ugandan women in general, of their development in society.
- To counter the negative portrayal of women in the media.
- To enable the silent majority to speak out and participate in affairs that affect them.
- To make women aware of their rights.
- To promote the development efforts of rural women, not only through the conventional media but also by such as visual, folk artistic media.
- To integrate the activities of women NGOs.
- To achieve solidarity with other women's organisations within and outside Uganda to foster development and raise the status of women in Uganda.
- To promote professional excellence among media women through training, both locally and abroad.
- To fight for the rights of other vulnerable groups such as the children and persons with disabilities.
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