Some of the GRACE members relaxing..... where ..find out from the ladies

Consolata's experiences with the Grace Project

Grace's journey with the Grace project......

Cape Town meeting ...inspiring ,divergent views , challenging but GRACE project was born. the Ostrich egg always came in handy to cool the tempers

Durban.......












Exploring women's lives.... field experiemces.......

Writing out womens stories........................

More to come.................

Women's Voices

“My relatives, friends and neighbours now see me as a working woman, somebody associated with money (omukazi wa sente) and many are envious. They (other women) can’t buy themselves anything but me I can. When I was a shabby market vendor nobody even noticed me”.

“He did not like my success, especially the physical address which I never used to have, and above all my interaction with male clients. All the assurances that these were merely business interactions fell on deaf ears. One day he found me with a list of taxi driver’s phone numbers, which I would use to alert them about the movements of traffic police for a fee, and he adamantly insisted that those were my lovers. He labeled me a prostitute and would batter me at home without any provocation. I started hating him, but resolved to continue with my business”.

Ineke in hoima

A donkey at one of the places we spent a night during our field work

Dr Kabonesa interviewing

Dr kabonesa interviewing one of the respondents at Hoima market square

Zaitunu posing near her telephone stand

When I talked to Zaituni i was indeed inspired by her work and plans. she is in charge of her resources.

Women combine phone bussiness with other small scale retail to make ends meet.

Asaba at her small retail shop where her phone bussiness is located.

Some of the women whose lives have changed due to access and use of village phones.

Melllaine , trying out her phone in the outskirts of Hoima Town




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Uganda Grace Team

Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo is the lead Reearcher. She is an Associate Professor and Head of Deprtment of Womena and Gender Studies Makerere University

Consolata Kabonesa is the Co Research and is a lecturer in the department of Women and Gender studies Makerere University. She holds a Doctorate in Women and development.