Fair Trade
The Marketplace at Together Women Rise features partners that support gender equality around the world. Making it your first stop for gifts, home goods and more multiplies the power of your purchase by supporting women artisans and Together Women Rise. Support the partners below and find more at togetherwomenrise.org/the-marketplace.
Investing in women is the basis for prosperity and peace in our world, and the Women’s Peace Collection is doing its part. Each item in this online, fair-trade store speaks to this hopeful vision: women’s hands are a force for peace. The site sells jewelry, scarves, baskets, bags and more made by women from around the world who are rebuilding their lives in the shadows of war, civil strife or crippling poverty. All of the products are handcrafted, sustainable and will help empower women entrepreneurs. Together Women Rise receives 10 percent of the purchase price by mentioning Together Women Rise in the “Note to Women’s Peace Collection” during checkout. Visit Women’s Peace Collection here.
Books
Fiction
A novel that weaves the folklore and cultural history of Uganda around the experiences of the 12 year old heroine coming of age in the 1970’s. Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi writes a sweeping testament to the true and lasting connections between history, tradition, family, friends, and the promise of a different future.
Non-Fiction
Crossroads: Women Coming of Age in Today’s Uganda
A collection of personal essays from 13 Ugandan women. Each woman writes about her life and her own experiences – including experiences of brutality and oppression – and ultimately about her own emergence.
In Idi Amin’s Shadow: Women, Gender and Militarism in Uganda
Idi Amin was a product of colonialism, and as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 was a brutal military dictator. The author, Alicia C. Decker, is a professor and the co-director of the African Feminist Initiative at Penn State University. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 women who experienced and survived Amin’s regime, and how the violence impacted them on both personal and cultural levels.
Films
African Cats from Disney Nature
Available on Amazon streaming, DVD, and on Disney+
From Amazon: Take an extraordinary adventure through the untamed African savanna as you come face-to face with the majestic kings that roam the land.
Recommended by Recipe Co-Curator Vinola V. Munyon
Available on Amazon streaming, DVD, and on Disney+
From Amazon: Disney presents QUEEN OF KATWE, a movie based on a vibrant true story starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo and directed by Mira Nair. A Ugandan girl’s life changes forever when she discovers she has an amazing talent for chess in this celebration of the human spirit.