Stories written by Evelyn Kiapi
Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi, a development communications specialist, has been practicing journalism for over 10 years, serving in different capacities from freelance journalist to reporter, sub editor, features editor and product editor. She is currently an independent journalist covering development issues for both local and international media. Locally, Evelyn has written for the Monitor (now Daily Monitor) and The Observer in Uganda and corresponds for IPS and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Evelyn holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Makerere University and a master’s degree in development studies from the University of Leeds, U.K. where she specialised in gender, reproductive health and rights. Through the years, Evelyn has written vastly on these issues, winning several international and local media awards. Evelyn is also a practicing media consultant and has written gender- and reproductive health-related articles for the Population Reference Bureau and United Nations Millennium Development Goal Africa Campaign and worked as a communications and media consultant for UNFPA’s Uganda office.

POLITICS: Ugandans Seem Ready to Forgive Amin for Mass Murders

Carolyne Nakazibwe, 28, has never known fatherly love. She was only two when her father 'disappeared'. He walked out of the house one morning and never returned. Nobody saw, or heard from, him again.

HEALTH-UGANDA: High Incidence of Rape Exposes Girls to HIV/AIDS Infection

Faridah Ssentongo, 10, may remain traumatised for the rest of her life, right groups fear.

ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Poachers Still Pose a Big Threat to Elephants

Six years after the international community banned ivory trade, poachers still pose a big threat to Uganda's elephants.

RIGHTS-UGANDA: Unending Tales of Domestic Violence

It happened fast, without a warning. Madina Nakamya died after her husband poured acid on her because she refused to sleep with him without a condom. Both were HIV positive.

RIGHTS: Famine Stalking 1.2m People in Northern Uganda

Famine is stalking 1.2 million people in northern Uganda.

HEALTH-UGANDA: The Second HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials

Mutabazi Enos, 33, is a proud man. He was among the 40 Ugandans who volunteered for the first HIV/AIDS vaccine trials in 1999.

POLITICS-UGANDA: Largest Ethnic Group Seeks Self-Rule

Members of Uganda's largest ethnic group, the Baganda, are demanding self-rule, or Federo (Federation) as they call it. And, other ethnic groups are worried.

/ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS-UGANDA/: The Power of the Pen

Goretti Kyomuhendo, 37, discovered she could write after her first attempt to get an article published in a local newspaper. She had submitted a creative piece, which she was not sure would get published. That was in 1994.

ENERGY-UGANDA: High Tariff Drives Consumers to Charcoal

Musa Musisi, 48, sells charcoal in Wandegeya, a suburb of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Lucky for him, high electricity tariffs have driven consumers to charcoal.

HEALTH-UGANDA: Success Story, Fighting HIV/AIDS

About six years ago Rosemary Kityo, 31, discovered that she was HIV-positive. Her husband, Yowasi Kityo, had already succumbed to the disease, after a long illness.

HEALTH-UGANDA: Success Story, Fighting HIV/AIDS

About six years ago Rosemary Kityo, 31, discovered that she was HIV-positive. Her husband, Yowasi Kityo, had already succumbed to the disease, after a long illness.

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