Our Journey of Passion – 1992

Elizabeth Kharono worked as the gender advisor in SNV (Netherlands Development Organization), which was operating in partnership with NOVIB. On learning about the Beijing Conference (1995) SNV/ NOVIB agreed to play a role to add momentum to the process leading up to that conference. This was through different events leading up to the July 1993 East African Women’s Conference (EAWC), which was held in Uganda. An expected outcome of the conference was a framework for networking amongst women’s organizations in Uganda