Pachamama Alliance of Oregon

Coalition for Political Accountability to Women mission is to promote participation and influence of women in building a gender responsive political leadership and create an enabling environment that meets the social political needs of the people of Uganda. This is achieved through capacity building, lobbying and advocacy, agenda setting, monitoring of political accountability and providing space for women leaders.

COPAW is a loose coalition of non-partisan women activists and academicians interested in supporting women's entry and participation into politics both as voters and as elected members. Formed at a meeting on 23rd March 2001, that was the culmination of several formal and informal gatherings, COPAW supports the view that will be most beneficial to the women constituents of the country. Its goal is to increase women's participation in politics and decision making. It has as its aims:

1. To begin the process of setting national priorities on issues that affect women that should be addressed in the next parliament.
2. To decide on appropriate ways to support engendered women and men in parliament.
3. To brainstorm on ways and means of developing a local Emily's list (fundraising base) to support women seeking elective positions.

Objectives:

1. Raise women's political awareness through education and training and the use of all forms of media.
2. Train potential candidates and their campaign teams on how to manage a good campaign through workshops.
3. Create gender-sensitive training centres for women leaders (short and medium term).
4. Establish a network for sharing information at all levels, from the grassroots to the national and international levels.
5. Establish a database on women and their qualifications to act as a "political pool" for appointing women to senior decision-making and advisory positions in government.
6. Creating strong networks between grassroots women, women's organisations, and women in the academe and women in public offices, especially for sharing information and training.