Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women (MEMPROW)  is a capacity building programme for self empowerment of young women (16-25 years of age) , focusing on increasing leadership capacities and social survival and analytical skills. It is also a programme for creating strong networks of intergenerational partnerships, providing continuous peer learning and mentorship for young women as a way of sustaining gender activism ad strengthening the Uganda Women’s movement. It was launched in Kampala, Uganda in January 2008.  MEMPROW is registered as a Non Profit Company Limited by Guarantee without Capital Shares.

MEMPROW’S theory of change

MEMPROW is an approach with a conceptual and theoretical framework for transformation of the patriarchal system in our society.At MEMPROW we believe that  sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) and the general disregard for Women's rights are direct consequences of the subordination and disempowerment of women,which is rooted in a patriarchal system ,entrenched within all cultures of Uganda.The MEMPROW approach is based on the theory that change in gender inequality can only happen if the patriarchal gender relations of  dominance and subordination are transformed.

AT MEMPROW WE BELIEVE THAT “THE COMPREHENSION OF OPPRESSION IS INDISPENSABLE TO A NEW VISION OF THE WORLD BASED ON JUSTICE AND FREEDOM".