Femrite
Femrite is an association of Uganda women writers founded in 1996.
Goal and Mission
Goal: To create an enabling atmosphere for women to write, tell and publish their stories.
Mission: To build a platform for creative women writers to contribute to national development through creative writing.
Activities
- Training women writers to improve their writing skills.
- Publishing New Era—a quarterly English language magazine.
- Promoting a reading and writing culture in Uganda through an annual week of activities.
- Networking nationally and internationally.
- Publishing literature by its members.
- Developing a women’s resource centre to provide space and opportunity for members to write and read.
Achievements
Since its inception in 1996, FEMRITE has published nine books of poetry and short stories by its members. It also publishes New Era, a quarterly publication whose sections include Children’s World, Culture, Gender Wars, Growing Up, Parenting, and Relationships. In partnership with the Alliance Française, Femrite has also published the first Directory of Ugandan Writers, which includes biographical data, pictures, and short extracts from Uganda’s creative writers, living and dead, including those born or living elsewhere.
Femrite’s programs include: a Women’s Resource Centre and a Readers and Writers Club. The Resource Centre accepts book and magazine donations and is a safe place where women writers can work. At the Readers/Writers Club, new and established writers meet every Monday night to read and discuss their work, giving and receiving comments, criticisms, and encouragement. Both these programs are so much in demand that FEMRITE is already faced with the challenge of finding a more ample space to accommodate all who are interested.
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