{"id":66717,"date":"2021-03-06T16:38:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/03\/06\/womens-activists-in-uganda-fighting-for-change\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T16:38:51","slug":"womens-activists-in-uganda-fighting-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/06\/womens-activists-in-uganda-fighting-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s activists in Uganda fighting for change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"ebvl4_NUvFc\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>This #InternationalWomensDay\u2014and every day\u2014it is critical that we empower women leaders\u2014including refugees and women who are living in crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of #IWD, we&#8217;re introducing you to inspiring women leaders who belong to a refugee activist group called Togoletta which supports South Sudanese refugees and Ugandan women with their mental health, all while advocating for gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>The IRC\u2019s Listen Up program with @U.S. Department of State provides Togoletta with funding and support, but it&#8217;s these refugee women themselves doing the work to change lives. <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/72x72\/270a.png\" alt=\"\u270a\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This #IWD21, share this video to join us in making sure we\u2019re listening *to* women around the world instead of deciding *for* them!<\/p>\n<p>The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.<\/p>\n<p>LEARN MORE<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.Rescue.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RESCUEorg\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RESCUEorg\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InternationalRescueCommittee\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InternationalRescueCommittee\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/RESCUEorg\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/RESCUEorg\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/03\/06\/womens-activists-in-uganda-fighting-for-change\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This #InternationalWomensDay\u2014and every day\u2014it is critical that we empower women leaders\u2014including refugees and women who are living in crisis. In honor of #IWD, we\u2019re introducing you to inspiring\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[475],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66718,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66717\/revisions\/66718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}