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The Global Real Women Foundation was founded by Florence Nassali Kayiwa (right). It started as an outreach while acting as Chairlady and guild representative of Mary Stuart hall at Makerere University (having 1500 female residents at the time) in 2004. Florence developed a burden for reaching out to fellow female students from broken family backgrounds and advocating for increased female representation at guild level. She also held leadership positions on the executive committee of the University student union and council of Chairpersons.

An African girl raised from a rural humble background in a family of 6 girls, she knows first-hand what it feels like to grow up a girl in rural Africa and honors her father for his dedication to sending them to school through saving money from his little monthly income and even selling personal property. He is the real inspiration behind the Ssali Education Fund project. Florence often states that her father always told her that education was the best tool that he could give her for a better and brighter future. After university, she went on to carry out voluntary education campaigns to girl school dropouts and encouraging girls in her district to go back or remain in school. She took another step together with other former old students and women in Ngogwe sub-county to register REAL women Uganda as a CBO in 2010.

She later conducted similar activities in war torn South Sudan in Yei Principality (2012-2016) where she led the women ministry of Christ the Foundation International Church and conducted annual ‘Real Women’ conferences to empower broken women and girls from all walks of life. ‘Real Women Ministries” as was called in South Sudan also conducted radio talk shows under the program; ‘straight talk to women” where different issues affecting women were discussed and addressed.
In September, 2015, Florence won the Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree at King’s College London specializing in Disasters, Adaptation and Development. She was awarded the degree on the 17th January, 2017. She recently obtained a place to pursue Doctoral studies with the department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster focusing on improving governance systems for emerging economies like Uganda. She also won the Thomson Reuters scholarship in London 2017 because of her commitment to empowering women.
While in London, Florence served as a vice chairperson for the Great Women initiative in London and was instrumental in being part of a group of women to empower them to reach their God given potential. She was also part of many women led conferences as a motivational speaker to empower women in the faith world and the market place to utilize their full potential and balance work and family responsibilities.
In May 2018, Florence took a break in her studies and returned home to build this God given vision . Real Women was formally registered as the ‘Global Real Women Foundation Limited in Uganda on the 5th of September 2018.
Florence is determined to inspire other African girls like herself from a humble background that they too can succeed in education and be what they desire to be and to overcome cultural and financial barriers. Florence knows first-hand the experience of being limited due to financial barriers but argues that this should not be a discouragement. She hopes that the Global Real Women Foundation can help to be one of the champions to end female illiteracy in Uganda through the Ssali Education Fund and empower women to take their place in society.
An author as well, Florence has authored 4 books to date including: ‘Food for your soul’, ‘Top secrets of a confident woman’, ‘You are destined for greatness’ , ‘For Pastor’s Wives’.

Mission

To empower women holistically through the knowledge revealed from the unchanging truth of God’s word in order to attain their unique goals.

Vision

To enable girls and women to their spiritual, social, economic and physical potential and to use it to attain their purpose in life.
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What We Are Doing

Biweekly Meetings
We do this to share experiences and ideas for empowerment.
Girl's Education
Missions and advocacy campaigns to school-going girls to remain in school.
Group Savings
Helps to promote personal saving cultures in women and girls.
True Love Waits
To Promote abstinence to prevent STDs and HIV/AIDS among the youth.
Annual Women Conferences
Held once every year to bring women together from different walks of life and nationalites to share experiences together and learn from each other

Aims and Objectives

To provide and link girls to access quality formal education (at all levels).
To empower women to overcome the effects of Gender-Based Violence .
To link women to income generating ventures and schemes.
To reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence among girls and women and care for the affected.
To reduce teenage pregnancies and other reproductive related problems among girls as well as provide support during this critical period.
To guide women and girls to understand their God ordained purpose as stipulated in the Bible through conducting training and motivational workshops, seminars and conferences.
To publish and circulate books, manuals, syllabuses as well as magazines that inspire women and girls to live holistically.
To engage and become a voice on women health and well-being globally to contribute to the achievement of the National Strategic Action Plans for Women.