Welcome To Femrite
FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers' Association was founded by Hon. Mary Karoro Okurut in 1995 and it was officially launched on 3rd May 1996. FEMRITE is an indigenous Non-Governmental Organisation that promotes women writing in Uganda. Since inception, FEMRITE has nurtured award winning authors and poets.

While Africa boasts of a rich literary tradition, there has been a general absence of women writers and this has resulted into an omission of women's experiences from the literary and cultural heritage that shape society. In Uganda for example, before FEMRITE came into being, the literary landscape was dominated by male writers.
Mary Karooro Okurut - Founder of FEMRITE

FEMRITE's main strategy in bringing together women writers from across the continent is to create a sense of belonging for African Women writers' groups - a sense of belonging that will inspire women to write and to support one another.

Our Vision
A community of empowered women writers

Our Mission
Building a platform for women to contribute to national development through creative writing

Strategic Goal
To create an enabling atmosphere for women to write, tell and publish their stories

Our Values
- Sisterhood
- Love of books
- Voluntarism
- Integrity
- Professionalism
 
November 02, 2009
SLS Announces 2010 Literary Contest
SLS is pleased to announce its 2010 unified (SLS-Montreal, SLS-Lithuania, and SLS-Kenya) literary contest, held this year again in affiliation with Fence Magazine. We are excited this year to have Mary Gaitskill judging the contest fiction, and Mary Jo Bang judging the poetry. Contest winners in the ... read more
October 02, 2009
FEMRITE Releases new books
FEMRITE releases 3 new books into the market. One is 'Beyond The Dance', a compilation of testimonies and poems of girls and women that have undergone the torture of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The second is 'Talking Tales', an assortment of stories and poems based on various themes of lifestyl ... read more
 
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