OUR FELLOWS
Brenda Boonabaana grew up on a farm in rural southwestern Uganda, where her parents produced their own food. The last born of three girls, her name means “whether boys or girls, they are all children,” which is what her mother said after the community sympathized with her for producing yet another girl.
Gender roles— especially child care, household activities and farming—were a constraint to women actively participating in tourism activities.
Field of Research
I believe the AWARD experience will equip me and other women to prove our worth to the men so that they welcome us into these networks.