With a renewed focus on financing for gender equality and UN Women’s work in Uganda, UN Women pushed their work on social norm change in this period with various partners and initiatives, supporting the initiation of the Uganda chapter for both the African Women's Leadership Network (AWLN) and the Council of Traditional Leaders of Africa (COTLA), in addition to the Men at Work for Gender Equality (Men at Work) among others.

The government of Uganda developed their third national action plan (NDPIII), which saw a shift to the programme-based approach and introduction of the Parish Development Model, and the UN adopted the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) which actualized UN reforms on the ground by further streamlining the work of the UN in the country. Yet despite this the period came with serious challenges in the realm of women's rights in particular for the country, efforts to combat violence against women, advance women's economic empowerment and decades of work were threatened by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 and subsequent health measures. 

Guest: Dr. Maxime Houinato, UN Women ESARO Regional Director 

Host: Kenyangi Keshia, KQ Hub