Organizations represented:
- Action for Women and Awakening in Rural Environment (Aware Uganda)
- Karamoja Peace and Development Agency (KAPDA)
- The Catholic Mission of Karenga
- Ik Agenda Development Initiative (IADI)
- Northern Karamoja Indigenous Minority Platform
- Centre for Conflict Resolution (CECORE)
- Youth Forum for Social Justice
- Kaabong District Local Government
- Napak District Local Government
- Karenga District Local Government
- Dynamic Agro-Pastoralist Development Organisation (DADO)
- Agency for Development of Young Farmers in Uganda, ADYOFU
- Federation of Women Lawyers in Uganda, FIDA
We the representatives of the above organisations stress that:
Religious and Cultural institutions should promote cultural inclusivity and diversity and use available spaces and opportunities to promote the enjoyment, expression and access to cultural rights. Cultural institutions and religious institutions should mobilise their subjects and flocks respectively, to promote cultural inclusivity and expression.
Human rights organisations and Human Rights defenders should recognize cultural rights as the motherboard for the realisation of all other categories of human rights such as economic, social, civil and political rights. Human rights organisations should also mainstream cultural rights in their programming activities meant for other categories of human rights.
Local government authorities need to mainstream culture in the district development plans/interventions and establish desks within districts to take care of culture-related activities within the district programmes. They should also promote the inclusiveness of different cultures while recruiting staff and during procurement processes.
This statement was made during a training event conducted by the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda for representatives of Human Rights Organisations, Cultural and Religious leaders and Local government officials from Abim, Kaabong, Karenga and Napak districts. The training was intended to enhance the capacity of the participants to appreciate the notion of cultural rights and how they can contribute to sustainable development.
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