Uganda, April 24 -- When Rona Babweetera speaks about her work, she does not describe it as a career. She calls it a calling, rooted in pain, shaped by experience, and driven by a desire to transform systems that have long failed women and girls. An Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, Babweetera holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre. She now heads the Gender Department at the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/Aids (UGANET), where she leads programmes addressing the intersection of gender-based violence and HIV/Aids. 

But her journey into this work did not begin in a courtroom or office; it was shaped in childhood and later reinforced by personal...