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It is difficult to make all the women in a country unite behind one issue. Until this month, the women of Uganda had never agreed on anything. Not even the issues that are exclusively for women. We have never even agreed on affirmative action for women.
For instance, when our constitution was being debated in 1994 and 1995, we disagreed bitterly amongst ourselves over representation of women in parliament. There are many women issues that have been cropping up, like the provision of sanitary towels free to schoolgirls by government. Some saw it as a political ploy to get votes while others supported it strongly.
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