Ugandan Electrical Engineers

"Our parents always emphasised that the greatest gift they could give was education and I am blessed to have fulfilled their dream"

"The young Dorothy was passionate about mathematics and solving problems which is what engineering is about."

"The use of ICT and similar technologies can produce a clash with traditional ways of doing things - but one that can be managed. For example, e-learning can be used to enable more study hours for the female child even while at home but does not address the stereotype that girls do not need to be educated - where such is the belief."

"While men are struggling for power women are organising themselves into clubs, associations and societies. When women gather they do not talk about the wars in various parts of the world or the deceitfulness of world politicians; they discuss educational problems, family planning, home economics; they learn new crafts, and improved methods of looking after the family."