F.a: Advancing gender equality through enhancing women's sustainable livelihoods and economic empowerment in Palabek Ogili, Uganda Northern Uganda has suffered from the consequences of a civil war during two decades. The poverty rates in the area are double compared to the rest of the country and the food insecurity is severe. Now the situation has calmed down in the area and the peop
le have been able to return back to their homelands. Insecurity caused by the civil war and people’s flight from their lands made the agricultural production in the area to collapse. The purpose of the project is to support the recovery of the possibilit
ies of making a living of the communities that are returning to the area. The aim is to use natural resources in a sustainable way by improving the water resource management and productivity of the soil. The project improves agricultural productivity and s
upports households with new forms of making a living. In addition the project deals with promoting gender equality, mitigating the consequences of HIV/AIDS and reducing disputes over land. Beneficiaries, purpose and expected results of the project will be 
specified during the planning phase that precedes the project implementation phase. The project is implemented by ISF’s local partner organization Women and Rural Development Network (WORUDET).