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of women’s free sexual expression and experience can translate into women’s
increased confidence and a greater demand for women’s rights in Uganda, as
suggested by Aken’ova (2005).
Endnotes
1 Retrieved from http://www.afropop.org on 22 December 2015.
2 See for example: http: //www.google.com/search?q=images+of+Sheeba+Karungi,
www.ugandaonline.net/gallery/sheebakarungi?category=240, www.howwe.biz/
himages/1411559907.html
3 Nnaalongo is a mother of twins. Twins are exalted in the cultures of Southern
Uganda, and a woman who bears twins and earns the title is perceived as special,
almost super-human, and her social status in these cultures is elevated. At the
same time, stricter measures are applied to her social conduct. She is expected to
be the epitome of the traditionally prescribed femininity of Buganda.
4 See for example www.ugandaonline.net/gallery/sheebakarungi?category=240,
www.howwe.biz/himages/1411559907.html.
5 On the basis of these women’s low income class, it could be assumed ordinarily
that they are subjugated and lack voice.
6 Retrieved from www.chano8.com/sheeba-karungi-reacts-anti-pornography-law/
on 11 June 2016.
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