Grainne Harrington is a multimedia journalist based in Kampala, Uganda. She used to work at BBC World and currently contributes to a wide variety of publications, including AFP and France24. @GIHarrington. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/grainne-harrington/rss en Equal Pay and Opportunity Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:00:54 +0000 Grainne Harrington https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2017/07/06/video-educating-girls-helps-break-the-cycle-of-sex-work-in-uganda https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2017/07/06/video-educating-girls-helps-break-the-cycle-of-sex-work-in-uganda Sex workers in Uganda’s slums often have children at a young age, and girls can end up following their mothers into sex work. One project, Rhythm of Life, is trying to break this cycle by ensuring that the daughters of sex workers stay in school. Education Solutions Thu, 04 May 2017 07:45:07 +0000 Grainne Harrington https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/04/teaching-ugandan-girls-to-code-to-keep-them-in-school https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/04/teaching-ugandan-girls-to-code-to-keep-them-in-school One third of Ugandan school children won’t make it to the end of their primary education, but that could change, thanks to a women’s technology organization and a British NGO whose coding lessons encourage them to stay in school and give them crucial skills for the future. Health Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:50:12 +0000 Grainne Harrington https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/09/22/how-nurses-and-cheap-morphine-made-uganda-a-model-for-palliative-care https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/09/22/how-nurses-and-cheap-morphine-made-uganda-a-model-for-palliative-care Uganda’s underfunded health system struggles to effectively treat the country’s growing number of cancer patients. But for the terminally ill, a small hospice organization has come up with a homemade pain relief treatment that has revolutionized end-of-life care.