Rhoda Kalema, whom I met at the World Women’s Congress in Kampala in 2002, was one of a cohort of heroic women who contributed to the recovery of Uganda after years of tyranny and civil war. Among their achievements was to ensure that the new government of President Yoweri Museveni prioritised universal primary education, and the direct election of women to Uganda’s parliament – achievements all too little celebrated in our media coverage of Uganda.
