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**FEMRITE - Ƙungiyar Marubutan Mata ta Uganda**, wacce aka kafa a 1995,  kungiya ce mai zaman kanta da ke Kampala, Uganda, wacce shirye-shiryenta ke mai da hankali kan bunkasa da buga mata marubuta a Uganda kuma - kwanan nan - a yankin Gabashin Afirka.  FEMRITE ta kuma fadada damuwarta ga batutuwan Gabashin Afirka game da muhalli, karatu da rubutu, ilimi, kiwon lafiya, haƙƙin mata da kyakkyawan shugabanci.

## Tarihi
FEMRITE an kafa ta ne a cikin 1995 ta hanyar Mary Karoro Okurut, a halin yanzu (kamar na 2011) memba ne na majalisar dokokin Uganda ta 8, amma a wannan lokacin malami ne a Jami'ar Makerere. Okurut ta haɗu da Lillian Tindyebwa, Ayeta Anne Wangusa, Susan Kiguli, Martha Ngabirano, Margaret Ntakalimaze, Rosemary Kyarimpa, Hilda Twongyeirwe, Philomena Rwabukuku da Judith Kakonge . 

An ƙaddamar da FEMRITE a hukumance a matsayin Ƙungiyar da ba ta Gwamnati ba a ranar 3 ga Mayu 1996. Goretti Kyomuhendo, wanda daga baya zai sami African Writers Trust, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsara FEMRITE na farko. Sauran sanannun mambobi na farko sun hada da Beverley Nambozo, Glaydah Namukasa, Beatrice Lamwaka, Doreen Baingana, Violet Barungi, Mildred Barya (wanda aka fi sani da Mildred Kiconco), da Jackee Budesta Batanda.

Game da asalin FEMRITE da manufa, Kyomuhendo, a cikin wata hira ta 2003 da Feminist Africa, ya ce: "Don yin magana game da FEMRIT shine yin magana game le yanayin wallafe-wallafen Uganda, game da siyasar Uganda, kuma musamman game da alaƙar tsakanin mata, siyasa da rubutu a Uganda. "

## Manyan nasarorin mambobin FEMRITE da tsofaffi

* Monica Arac de Nyeko ta lashe Kyautar Caine a shekara ta 2007;  Beatrice Lamwaka ta kasance cikin jerin sunayen don wannan kyautar a shekara ta 2011;  Doreen Baingana ta kasance cikin sunayen a shekara ta 2005.
* Doreen Baingana ta lashe kyautar marubuta ta Commonwealth don Littafin Mafi Kyawun Farko, Yankin Afirka (2006); Baingana kuma an sanya shi cikin jerin sunayen Hurston-Wright Legacy Award a cikin rukunin Debut Fiction (2006). [2]
* Beatrice Lamwaka ta kasance cikin jerin sunayen ga lambar yabo ta PEN / Studzinsky ta 2009 (2009).  [2]
* Glaydah Namukasa ta lashe kyautar Macmillan Writers na Afirka, Babban Matsayi (2005). [2]
* Mildred Barya ta lashe lambar yabo ta Pan-African Literary Forum don Fiction na Afirka (2008). 
* Jackee Budesta Batanda ta lashe gasar Commonwealth Short Story, Yankin Afirka (2003). [2]
* Violet Barungi ta lashe lambar yabo ta Sabon Rubuce-rubucen Sabon Wasanni na Majalisar Burtaniya don Afirka da Gabas ta Tsakiya (1997). 
* Goretti Kyomuhendo (littafi: 1999), Susan Kiguli (laƙoƙi: 1999), Mary Karoro Okurut (littafa: 2003), da Mildred Barya (laƙuƙi: 2003) sun lashe lambar yabo ta National Book Trust of Uganda Literary Award . [2]

## Amsar jama'a ga shirye-shiryen FEMRITE
FEMRITE, kamar yadda 'yan jarida daban-daban suka ruwaito, ya kasance mai aiki a Uganda da kuma yankin Gabashin Afirka mafi girma a fannonin inganta karatu da rubutu, sake fasalin ilimi, haƙƙin mata, da kyakkyawan shugabanci. Wadannan ayyukan sun sami sanarwa mai kyau.

* Emmanuel Ssejjengo, as reported in AllAfrica.com for 14 July 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 (), 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'' (), 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'' (), 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.

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