{"id":86,"date":"2024-03-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2025-09-28T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:02:31","slug":"womens-day-run-2024-a-space-of-our-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/womens-day-run-2024-a-space-of-our-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Day Run 2024: A Space of Our Own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On <strong>March 8th, 2024<\/strong>, we gathered for the second Women\u2019s Day Run \u2014 this time at <strong>Bushpig in Kololo<\/strong>, after our inaugural start in Muyenga. The change of venue gave us room not just to run, but to connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>156 participants<\/strong> showed up, choosing distances between <strong>3 km and 16 km<\/strong>. But this run has never really been about the numbers. It\u2019s about what happens when women \u2014 and the people who support them \u2014 come together. It\u2019s about creating a space where women can move freely, share stories, and talk openly about the realities of running, fitness, and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact stretched beyond the track. Together we raised <strong>UGX 5 million<\/strong> for the <strong>Mercy Line menstrual kit program<\/strong>, helping girls stay in school and reminding us why this movement exists in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What made 2024 special<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A stronger sense of <strong>community<\/strong>: runners stayed long after their distances were done, to eat, laugh, and talk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A space where <strong>women\u2019s voices led the conversation<\/strong> \u2014 from the road to the breakfast table.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A reminder that running can be both personal and collective, a way to take up space and support others at the same time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women\u2019s Day Run isn\u2019t designed to be the biggest or flashiest race on the calendar. It\u2019s designed to be <strong>ours<\/strong>: intentional, welcoming, and powerful in its simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 8th, 2024, we gathered for the second Women\u2019s Day Run \u2014 this time at Bushpig in Kololo, after our inaugural start in Muyenga. The change of venue gave us room not just to run, but to connect. 156 participants showed up, choosing distances between 3 km and 16 km. But this run has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activatewomenuganda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}