Sylvia

'During my student time at NICA, I took part in the gender training. A topic that was discussed during the training was pregnancy. At NICA, its policy is that a pregnant student is no longer allowed to live on campus. I was already married at that time and when I was made aware of this rule, I realised this was something I needed to talk about with my husband. I told him I wanted to wait with having children until I finished my studies. He was very patient with me and we waited. I am now 7 months pregnant and luckily, as an alumni, I'm still able to attend the final gender training.'

'It’s hard to get good healthcare as a pregnant lady in Uganda. You usually have to go to private practitioners and they ask a lot of money. The government facilities are not very helpful. The gender training has changed people's perspective on gender equality here. I hope this will change on a bigger scale as well, within the government, for example, because that is what I want for my baby.'