[3][4][5] During the early part of the twenty-first century, women in East Africa provided 85 per cent of the agricultural work, yet owned only 7 percent of the land.

[8] This campaign set a precedent for women in Uganda to "work together and to respond to issues in a more timely and aggressive way.

[9] In the run-up to the Ugandan 2001 presidential and parliamentary elections, UWONET spearheaded an initiative that took steps towards challenging the lack of internal democracy in the Movement Government.

Among other things, the document made five major demands: the betterment of women's health, land and property rights, education, economic empowerment, and decision-making in politics.

[1] UWONET'S activities are implemented under four thematic areas; namely: The network was founded by nine members but has grown to be composed of sixteen women's organisations and nine individual activists.