FIDA-UGANDA
Our story
Formed in 1974, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Uganda) is a membership-based, feminist organisation, which provides legal aid services across the country through a strategic network of over 11 offices. These offices, led by a national-level office in Kampala, are supported by lawyers, FIDA-U members, Community Legal Volunteers and local authorities
As a non-governmental organisation since 1999 and also established as a professional association of women lawyers, FIDA-U represents a critical intersection of promoting the professional development of women in the justice law and order sector as well as providing essential services to those in need of legal assistance. The organization is also part of human rights, legal aid provider and NGO networks at the grass root, national and international levels.
Who we are?
FIDA, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers Formed in 1974, FIDA-Uganda has an established track record of promoting and defending human rights, with a focus on the rights of women with children as beneficiaries of this work. As a feminist organization, FIDA-Uganda uses multiple strategies aimed at advancing law and policy reform for the protection of women including advocacy, public interest litigation and various forms of public engagement.
Thematic Areas
Enhancing
Access to Justice
for women
Advancing gender responsive governance & women's effective participation in public life
Promote social-Economic Rights and Justice for women
Advancing Gender Responsive Governance and Women’s Effective Participation in Public Life
In this thematic area, FIDA-U seeks to promote social
accountability, rule of law and gender-responsive governance at the local, national and regional levels. To achieve this objective, FIDA-U has consistently partnered with and built the capacity of women’s groups and grassroots organisations across Uganda in order to influence social accountability and the gender
responsiveness of key actors and public institutions. 2019 saw FIDA-U engaging both in the formal academic spaces regarding sexual harassment but also recognising deep-seated trauma in northern Uganda.
Promote Socio-economic Rights and Justice for Women
Legal Aid services
- Individual legal assistance: legal advice, counselling, mediation, court representation by a lawyer or paralegal
Community Outreaches
- Community outreach: local sensitization through community legal volunteers (CLVs), lawyers and FIDA-U members
DIGITAL PLATFORMS & LIVELIHOOD
- Community outreach: local sensitization through community legal volunteers (CLVs), lawyers and FIDA-U members
women & justice
Enhance evidence-based advocacy, stakeholder consensus and strategic
engagement for strengthening of the regulatory frameworks protecting women
workers
visit any of our our fida-uganda branches
Head Office
Plot 4,Robert Mugabe Road.
Off Chwa 11 ,Mbuya.
P.O.BOX 2157 .Kampala-Uganda
Toll free: 0800-111-511
Kabale Branch
Tell: +256-414-697-067
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
Arua Branch
Tell: +256-414-697-054
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
Kapchorwa Branch
Tell: +256-414-693-118
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
Gulu Branch
Tell: +256-392-178-902
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
Kamuli Branch
Tell: +256-414-694-353
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
Mbale Branch
Tell: +256-414-691-696
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
Moroto Branch
Tell: +256-414-698-400
Email: fida@fidauganda.org
www.fidauganda.org
The Power is in the Numbers
We have reached this far because of
our Members, Volunteers and Development Partners
