This\nyear\u2019s annual Muslim Women\u2019s Day will be blessed with the presence of the First\nLady of Uganda and the Hon. Minister of Education and Sports, Mama Janet\nMuseveni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This\nwas revealed by the UMSC Secretary for Women and Youth Affairs, Sheikhat\nRadhiyyah Namakula during a press conference held today at the UMSC\nHeadquarters Old Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nevent will be held on Friday 29th 2019 at the UMSC Headquarters Old Kampala\nwhere tens of thousands of Muslim women from all over Uganda will converge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This\nwill be the third Muslim Women\u2019s Day and the theme for this year is \u201cUnited\nagainst poverty and violence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This\nday was put aside by Uganda Muslim Supreme Council to enable Muslim women to\nconverge, share ideas, celebrate the achievements of the past year and plan for\nthe new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While\ncommenting on the day\u2019s theme, Shkt. Namakula noted that various reports show\nthat most acts of violence which include Domestic Violence, violent extremism\nand child abuse are caused by poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\ncalled for peace, unity, development and stable families as the best remedies\nto poverty and violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA\nstable family is a family that is well fed, well educated, healthy, God fearing\nand free from domestic violence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nsaid the UMSC Women SACCO is one of the projects that her office is going to\nfront as counter measures to poverty in Muslim families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Namakula\nlauded H.E the Mufti of Uganda Shk. Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje for giving Muslim\nWomen a seat and a voice at the UMSC Management Committee, noting that; \u201cfor\nthe first time in Uganda Muslim history, UMSC has women\u2019s department with full\nrepresentation on the UMSC management committee\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nurged Muslims to come early and to park their vehicles at the Old Kampala S.S playground\nsince vehicles will not be allowed inside the Mosque perimeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Present\nwere; the Program Coordinator Ms. Nantume Zainab, Nassali Shabilah \u2013 the\nChairperson of Kampala Muslim District Women and other members of the National Organising\nCommittee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year\u2019s annual Muslim Women\u2019s Day will be blessed with the presence of the First Lady of Uganda and the Hon. Minister of Education and Sports, Mama Janet Museveni. This was revealed by the UMSC Secretary for Women and Youth Affairs, Sheikhat Radhiyyah Namakula during a press conference held today at the UMSC Headquarters Old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":8912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n