Legislations That Criminalize HIV/AIDS Need Urgent Review
KAMPALA, Uganda- HIV/AIDS has for long been battled across the world and many countries have made remarkable progress in combating the prevalence... Read More
Girls in Rural Areas Face Higher Risk of Interrupted Education
KAMPALA, Uganda – According to a UNICEF report, 1,519 girls below 19 years in Kitgum have visited a hospital for antenatal care... Read More
Crisis in Lango: One in Three Teenage Girls is Pregnant
KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda continues to face an unprecedented rise in the numbers of teenage pregnancies, with recent statistics showing that over... Read More
More Efforts Being Made to End Stigma and Discrimination Among PLHIV in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda – On December 3rd, 2020, the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS (UGANET) hosted and conducted a live tweet... Read More
Hundreds of MPs attend First ever ‘Core Parliamentary Committee on HIV, TB, and the Law Symposium’
KAMPALA, UGANDA – On December 1st 2020, Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS (UGANET) commemorated the World AIDS Day hosting a... Read More
We Must Implement Laws & Policies Against Child Marriages and FGM
KAMPALA, Uganda – According to the State of the World Population Report 2020, an estimated four million girls worldwide will undergo FGM,... Read More
We Must Combat Teenage Pregnancies Early Enough
KAMPALA, Uganda – As many children continue to stay home after the outbreak of covid-19, defilement cases and consequently teenage pregnancies continue... Read More
Specific Laws Could Protect Widows from Losing Their Property
KAMPALA, Uganda – There are so many injustices and difficulties women around the world face after the loss of their spouse. These... Read More
The Absence of Laws On Widow Inheritance Gives Way To Violation Of Women’s Rights
KAMPALA, Uganda – While government efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS are paying off, there are behavioural challenges with leading social... Read More
COVID-19 Could Lead to Further Spread of HIV
KAMPALA, Uganda – In Uganda, according to the 2018UNAIDS statistics, there were over 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS. Many of these... Read More