National Consultant Rehmah Kasule with Ugandan President President H.E Yoweri Kagutta Museveni at the release of the "Gender Dimensions" report.

Rehmah Kasule is an incredible Ugandan woman and past Vital Voices program participant who operates her own marketing firm in addition to an entrepreneurship development agency, which supports women interested in starting their own businesses. Ms. Kasule also serves as a national consultant to the Ugandan government, where she is currently aiding in the creation and implementation of a new government program that seeks to empower women to participate in the growing export sector.

On October 2, 2009, the Ugandan government, under the leadership of President H.E Yoweri Kagutta Museveni, released a report entitled “National Export Strategy- Gender Dimension”, which outlines the new goals:

1. To unlock the untapped potential of Ugandan women and increase their contribution in export trade. This will in turn contribute to the economic and social transformation of Uganda.
2. To add greater value to the current NES initiatives and yield competitiveness and developmental benefits beyond the set targets.
3. To facilitate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, which emphasize gender equality, in particular MDG Number 3.
4. To create gender sensitive export support policies and to improve and strengthen the capacity of export support institutions to provide relevant, targeted support services to women engaged in the export sector.

Vital Voices is proud of Ms. Kasule’s continued contribution to the promotion of women’s rights!

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