Social Justice In Food Is A Silver Bullet To End Malnutrition, Ill Health & Premature Deaths In Uganda
While Uganda is considered the food basket of East Africa, families are still going hungry, many children are malnourished, and diet-related NCDs are on the rise. The World Day of Social Justice celebrated every year, is an opportunity to draw everyone’s attention to social justice issues around adequate living. As we join the rest of […]
CSOs statement on Glyphosates – World Cancer day
RESTRICTIONS ON MARKETING OF FOODS AND NON- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO CHILDREN: BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
Background and Introduction Understanding the problem: The rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has become a global issue with high numbers of deaths registered worldwide at 41 million. The World Health Organisation re-affirms this and states that each year, 15 million people die from NCDs between the age of 30 and 69 years and over 85% […]
LETTER TO UNBS on FOPL Standard
16th/12/2020 The Executive Director, Uganda National Bureau Standards (UNBS), Standards House, Plot 2 – 12, Bypass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial & Business Park, P.O. Box 6329, Kampala, Uganda Dear Sir, RE: JOINT CSO’s REQUEST FOR AMMENDMENT OF EAST AFRICA STANDARDS ON NUTRITION LABELLING TO INCORPORATE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’s RECOMMENDATION ON FRONT-OF-THE PACK LABELLING AND PROMOTE […]
Global Recap Advocacy Working Group on Healthy Diets in Uganda
PROMOTION OF HEALTHY DIETS THROUGH LEGAL EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, USING HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED, PARTICIPATORY, AND MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH CEFROHT is currently implementing the global recap supported by IDLO titled “Promote healthy diets through legal empowerment and social accountability mechanisms using a human rights based participatory multisectoral approach”. The project intends to use social accountability mechanisms […]
Promoting the Right to adequate food to respond to climate change.
Background The climate crisis is among the greatest human rights challenges the world is facing leading to inequalities, and threatening lives and livelihoods. Besides the direct human rights impacts of climate change itself, measures designed to mitigate or adapt to climate change can also negatively affect human rights. Therefore, it is essential to implement a […]
EACOP CASE
CEFROHT FILES CASE AGAINST CONSTRUCTION OF THE CRUDE OIL PIPELINE TO PROTECT LIVLIHOODS IN EAST AFRICA. Landmark Lawsuit in East African Court of Justice Seeks to Protect livelihood and the environment. On the 6th of November 2020, Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) together with other CSOs Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), […]
