1. Gender and Youth in Africa
The Case of Uganda
Miriam Luyombo
Gender and Business Leadership
Consultant

2. Africa

3. Uganda in Comparison to Canada
Development Indicators Uganda Canada
Population 34 34
Area in sq km 240 10,000
GDP (in US $) 17 billion 1.6 trillion
Life expectancy 53 81
Infant mortality rate (per 1000) 63 5.9
Literacy (female youth 15-24) 85.5% 99%
HIV prevalence (15-49 years) 6.5% 0.3%

4. Male, Female, Youth Population
Male
women and youth

5. Every year 380,000
educated youth are
released into the market to
compete for 90,000 jobs

6. Young people between the ages of 10
and 24 account for 50% of all new
HIV infections
31% of girls between 15 and 19 years
are either mothers or are pregnant

7. Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
Report Card of 2010
• % of population living below national poverty
line declined from 56% in 1993 to 31% in 2006
• Literacy rate of age group 15-24 years has
increased from 81% in 2002 to 88% in 2008
• Proportion of seats held by women in national
parliament has gone from 18% in 2000 to 30%
in 2006

8. • Accountable values based leadership
• Innovative aid based on home grown
solutions
• Private sector support by both
government and aid agencies

9. Recommended books
• The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
• The White Man’s Burden by William Easterly
• The Correct Line? By Olive Kobusingye