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  2. Serious Citizens Campaign
  3. Voices of Change Documentary
  4. Voices of Change
  5. Transitional Justice in Northern Uganda
  6. The Disability Rights Campaign
  7. The Land Rights Campaign

Common Matters 2: Transitional Justice in Northern Uganda

The Transitional Justice (TJ) campaign coincides with the recent approval of the June 2019 National Transitional Justice Policy and focuses on a 10-year post-conflict period with the aim of facilitating public discussions and reflection on citizen’s experiences of the conflict, related responses, and gaps that still remain in government and civil society efforts to address the impact of the conflict. 

Common Matters 2: The Disability Rights Campaign

TRAC FM in partnership with the National Union of Persons with Disabilities in Uganda (NUDIPU) conducted a national campaign to drum up awareness on disability rights to promote equal opportunities for Persons With Disabilities in Uganda.

Common Matters 2: The Land Rights Campaign

Goal: Empower citizens by helping them to understand, respect and defend their land rights and be vigilant when they are challenged.

Compulsory land acquisition for public works: who will ensure that residents get fair and adequate compensation?

In 2017, President Yoweri embarked on nationwide radio campaign to sensitize the public about the need to amend Article 26 of the Constitution of Uganda to allow the government to take over private land for public works before compensating the owners. This proposal has been widely criticized as a violation of rights.

Evictions in Uganda: Why do they happen?

The increased use of land as a commodity and the increasing demand for land has resulted in more evictions, both lawful and unlawful. In this blog, we look into more detail to find out the exact drivers behind evictions.

Environmental Alert: Deforestation in Uganda, Can agroforestry come to the rescue?

Agroforestry is an agricultural practice whereby trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops and pastureland. Agroforestry could mitigate some of the negative consequences caused by rampant deforestation in Uganda (200.000 acres per year -> 1.8% of forest cover).

HEPS: Acting on the earliest signs of Malaria

How Rapid Diagnostic Tests can help fight Uganda’s most deadly disease.
With over 7 million reported cases in 2015, Malaria remains an enormous public health threat in Uganda. TRAC FM launched a radio campaign with HEPS-Uganda to discover and discuss the practices and perceptions of Ugandans regarding Malaria self-testing.
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Valerie Amos

Valerie Amos UN OCHA highlights Trac FM in speech

 "To be effective we must listen to people (...) using for example TRAC FM to conduct country-wide citizen centred interactive radio polls."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IetQVIpeKxs&t=917s Valerie Amos, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, About TRAC FM, Speech at Canadian Humanitarian Conference.