Co-hosted by the Makerere University and the Evidence Consortium on Women's Groups, the purpose of this symposium is to increase awareness on the need to build evidence and a community of practice on women economic empowerment and women groups in Uganda.  The symposium is intended to popularize evidence-based research approaches that support knowledge translation for relevant policy making and best practices in the field of women’s economic empowerment.

The objectives of this symposium are to: 

1. Enhance the awareness of the importance of fostering WEE and using innovative solutions to improve the evidence base and increase information storage and uptake

2. Raise awareness on building a community of practice of evidence based research on WEE and SGs

3. Facilitate opportunities for networking, collaboration and exchange of ideas with government and NGO leaders and experts in evidence-based practice and education on women empowerment

4. Reinforce the focus on the implementation of information exchange with policy makers to increase the efficiency of evidence-based decision making.

Find the programme here. (all times in EAT)