Ugandan Women Plan 400 Days of Protest Against Electoral Commission
Ugandan demonstrators from Women for Peace arrested at the Electoral Commission.
300 women are continuing a campaign to demonstrate peacefully against the failures of the Ugandan regime, particularly the recent reappointment of the head of the Electoral Commission, Badru Kiggundu, who will guide the country through the upcoming 2011 elections. The women, part of the Inter-Party Coalition’s group Women for Peace, hope to stage 400 protests in the year ahead– whatever the odds. The Independent reported this story on Feb 3. 2010.
The protests will include mock funerals, where the opposition women will mourn for their country, strikes at work, and naming/shaming ceremonies of public officials. The group will keep going, despite the first protest, where they were beaten at the Electoral Commission with canes, forced to undress and lie close to male detainees in jails, and attacked with dogs.
The Independent interviewed Ingrid Turinawa, who heads the Inter Party Cooperation group Women for Peace.
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