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FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers' Asoshiashon , nke e guzobere na 1995, bụ otu NGO nke dị na Kampala, Uganda, nke mmemme ya na-elekwasị anya n'ịzụlite na ibipụta ndị edemede nwaanyị na Uganda na - n'oge na-adịbeghị anya - na mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ Afrịka . FEMRITE agbasawokwa nchegbu na nsogbu ndị dị n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Afrịka gbasara gburugburu ebe obibi, ịgụ na ide, agụmakwụkwọ, ahụike, ikike ụmụ nwanyị na ezi ọchịchị.

Mary Karoro Okurut, onye otu paliament nke asatọ nke Uganda, guzobere FEMRITE na 1995, mana n'oge ahụ ọ bụ onye nkuzi na Mahadum Makerere. sonyeere Lillian Tindyebwa, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Susan Kiguli, Martha Ngabirano, Margaret Ntakalimaze, Rosemary Kyarimpa, Hilda Twongyeirwe, Philomena Rwabukuku na Judith Kakonge.

A malitere FEMRITE n'ụzọ iwu dị ka Òtù Na-abụghị nke Gọọmentị na 3 Mee 1996. Goretti Kyomuhendo, onye ga-emesị chọta Afrikan raitas trọọst, jere ozi dị ka onye nhazi mbụ nke FEMRITE. Ndị ọzọ ma ama na mbụ gụnyere Beverley Nambozo, Glaydah Namukasa, Beatrice Lamwaka, Doreen Baingana, Violet Barungi, Mildred Barya (nke a makwaara dị ka Mildred Kiconco), na Jackee Budesta Batanda.

Banyere mmalite na ebumnuche FEMRITE, Kyomuhendo, n'ajụjụ ọnụ 2003 ya na Feminist Afrịka, kwuru, sị: "Ịkwurịta banyere FEMRITE bụ ikwu maka edemede Uganda, gbasara ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Uganda, ọkachasị maka njikọ dị n'etiti ụmụ nwanyị, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na ide n'Uganda. "

• Monica Arac nke Nyeko meriri Caine Prize na 2007; Beatrice Lamwaka depụtara maka otu ihe nrite ahụ na 2011; Doreen Baingana depụtara na 2005.
• Doreen Baingana meriri Commonwealth Writers Prize maka First Best Book, Africa Region (2006); A họpụtakwara Baingana maka Hurston-Wright Legacy Award na Debut Fiction category (2006). [1]
• Beatrice Lamwaka bụ onye e depụtara maka 2009 PEN/Studzinsky Literary Award (2009). [1]
• Glaydah Namukasa meriri Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa, Senior Category (2005). [1]
• Mildred Barya meriri Pan-African Literary Forum Award maka Africana Fiction (2008). [1]
• Jackee Budesta Batanda meriri asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke Commonwealth, mpaghara Africa (2003). [1]
• Violet Barungi meriri British Council International New Play Writing Award maka Africa na Middle East (1997). [1]
• Goretti Kyomuhendo (akwụkwọ akụkọ: 1999), Susan Kiguli (abụ uri: 1999), Mary Karoro Okurut (akwụkwọ akụkọ): 2003), na Mildred Barya (abụ uri, 2003) meriri National Book Trust of Uganda Literary Award . [1]

FEMRITE, dị ka ndị nta akụkọ dị iche iche si kọọ, anọwo na-arụsi ọrụ ike na Uganda na mpaghara ndị ka ukwuu nke ọwụwa anyanwụ Afrịka n'ógbè ndị na-akwalite ịgụ na ide, mgbanwe agụmakwụkwọ, ikike ụmụ nwanyị, na ezi ọchịchị. Ihe omume ndị a enwetala ọkwa dị mma.

• Emmanuel Ssejjengo,dịka a natara ozi ya n''AllAfrica.com maka 14 Julaị 2011, stated that "the FEMRITE Literary Week" was "one of the most celebrated events in Uganda's literary arts."
• Dennis Muhumuza, in the Daily Monitor (Uganda), 23 July 2011, discussed FEMRITE's influence on Uganda's National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), and the resulting inclusion of more Ugandan works of literature in the high school and college curriculum.
• Muhumuza, also for the Daily Monitor (Uganda) on 9 January 2011, reviewed the FEMRITE anthology Pumpkin Seeds and Other Gifts: Stories from the FEMRITE Regional Writers Residency, 2008 (Àtụ:ISBN), calling it a "delicious treasure" that "you will want to take along with you on a journey, or cuddle on the sofa and read in the beauty of solitude, or even read aloud to your children around the fireplace."
• Halima Abdallah, in The East African (Kenya), 14 August 2011, reviewed the FEMRITE anthology Never Too Late (Àtụ:ISBN), concerning the AIDS/HIV epidemic, declaring it "a must read for all age groups as it raises questions and most times provides answers that require collective action" while noting that the collection was "born out of a desire by Femrite to generate literature for positive change aimed at addressing social issues facing not just the youth but society at large."
• Dora Byamukama for New Vision (Uganda) favourably reviewed the FEMRITE collection of non-fiction stories Beyond the Dance: Voices of women on female genital mutilation (Àtụ:ISBN), and stated that the testimonies presented "call for support to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)."
• The American news programme Wide Angle (PBS) featured FEMRITE's collaboration with IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the United Nations Office, to produce Today You Will Understand, a collection of the personal war stories of 16 women affected by the Lord's Resistance Army rebellion.
• Also commenting on Today You Will Understand, Martyn Drakard for the Observer (Uganda) on 10 December 2008 stated that the collection is "a voice for the voiceless" and "Compulsory reading for anyone wanting to know how the LRA war has affected people’s lives".
• David Kaiza, in a 2007 editorial entitled "Women writers rule" for The East African also discussed albeit somewhat sardonically the growing regional impact of FEMRITE.