Mubende Women With Disabilities Association (MUDIWA)

MUDIWA is a group in Uganda led by girls and women with disabilities. The group aims to give girls and women with different disabilities the support to achieve equal rights and opportunities. In Mubende district, girls and women with disabilities are still ignorant about how COVID-19 is spread and the preventive strategies to take at a personal level. MUDIWA aims to provide education on the prevention of COVID-19 through media such as radio talk shows. The group also wants to spread messages to prevent gender-based violence to ensure girls and women with disabilities remain safe and free from violence during the lockdown period.