Women MPs call on teachers to lead mindset shift on gender norms, unpaid care work

Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) legislators are urging teachers to champion mindset change in schools to help reshape gender norms around unpaid care work within households and communities.

Speaking at the launch of the Economic Policy Research Centre’s report, “Shifting Social Norms on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work,” held in Kampala on October 30, Ms Margaret Ayebale, Woman MP for Mbarara District, said their is need to instill these changes from a young age.

Representing UWOPA Chairperson Sarah Opendi, Ms Ayebale stressed, “Mindset change on unpaid care work…