Louise Jo McLoughlin
The Irish Times: Uganda moves to meet women’s contraceptive needs
January 16, 2016
Kampala, UGANDA -- "Sheba had an abortion after she became pregnant outside of marriage at 24. Following the procedure, the staff at a Marie Stopes clinic in Uganda advised her to use contraception. She chose not to, although she doesn’t want children yet. She has heard myths about contraception..."
Llandudno, WALES -- Life travels at a leisurely pace in Llandudno, North Wales. The town -- with its fresh sea air, high-rising headlands hugging either end of the shoreline, and the longest pier in Britain -- truly is strolling country. And not only does time feel different in Llandudno but, with its picturesque Victorian promenade, it feels like it’s from another time too.
The Irish Times: Menstrual pads help Ugandan women journey out of stigma
January 18, 2016
Masaka, UGANDA -- "There is a myth that anyone who experiences pain during menstruation should have sex to take the pain away. Grinvalds describes this as a “particularly sad misconception” and says that as a result “young girls, adolescent girls, are then engaging in sex far earlier than they would have, because they think it’s a way of actually addressing the pain that they feel”."
Disorganised order in Uganda’s capital
January 07, 2016
Kampala / Masaka, UGANDA -- The air in Entebee has a distinctive smell, like the smoke from a wood fire but a little spicier. Outside the car window the buzz of insects reverberated, and a thunderstorm rolled out in the distance over Lake Victoria. It was 5am, the roads were empty, and I got from Entebee airport to my hotel in 45 minutes, as predicted.







