TITLE:
Women’s Involvement in the Labour Market & Christian-Muslim Relationship Nurture in Uganda
AUTHORS:
Israel Samson Musana, John Peter Bwire
KEYWORDS:
Women, Christian, Muslim, Relationships, Dialogue
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.14 No.2,
February
28,
2026
ABSTRACT: The paper examines the feminine roles that, when women are empowered and unleashed, the characters can be manipulated to nurture productive Christian-Muslim relationships in Uganda. To resolve the thesis puzzle, the literary interpretation and historical-critical methodologies have been relied on. Research findings indicate that the challenge of low levels of education has persisted among the Muslim community in Uganda. Due to limited education exposure, most Muslims in Uganda are incapacitated to support their households to attain quality standards of living. Economic hardships have been taken by Muslims as yardsticks to project their hostilities towards Christians. Muslim youth are instigated by militia groups to confront the government and Christians to fight for their identity. The anti-Christian feelings of Muslims about being discriminated against and marginalized in the government employment sector are promoted by the Alliance Defence Force rebel group. As a result, the Muslim community in Uganda is viewed by the Christians with fearful suspicion. Despite Muslims comprising a minority population in Uganda, militant Islamists kill Christian evangelists and Muslims who convert to Christianity. To minimize the ugliness of Christian-Muslim hostilities, a dialogue engagement process has been constructed that, when well manipulated, can influence Christian-Muslim women to nurture interfaith relationships in Uganda. Women bear the majority of responsibility for upholding society’s cultural traditions. Several biblical women are recorded to have moulded the masculine outlook of their sons and husbands. In Islamic culture, mothers are accorded a high social status. Mothers take on the divine obligation of shaping the paradise destiny of their children. Whereas African women are nurturers of boys and girls. At their laps, social traditions are passed down through songs, proverbs, poems, totems, and taboos. It is such feminine gold mines; if they are strategically manipulated, then Ugandan women can be champions at nurturing Christian-Muslim relationships.