SWAGEN walks away with One Africa Award

Support for Women in Environment and Agriculture (SWAGEN), Kampala-based forest advocacy group, won the 8th ONE Annual ONE Africa Award. The award is given to civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and other groups based in Africa that have demonstrated a commitment and success in advocacy to promote the attainment of one or more of the Millenium Development Goals.

SWAGEN is a member-based organisation that uses indigenous knowledge to adapt to, mitigate and improve environmental and sustainable development policies that impact forest dependent communities. The work of SWAGEN is based in the Rwoho Natural Tropical Forest of Uganda. The organisation has grown to a 3,000 members with strategic partnerships across the continent and world. SWAGEN is part of the African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests, the Civil Society Coordinating Committee with UN FAO Committee on Food Security, and holds a Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC.