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KAMPALA, Uganda – Domestic violence is a vice that has claimed a number of lives across the globe. It could be physical, emotional, and psychological and the effects of these acts could lead to disability, depression and at times death. A 26-year-old twitter user named Katalina, on 23rd September 2020, tweeted about how she became an orphan after her father beat up her mother to death. She shared this in reply to another user who was sharing her story of a six-year abusive relationship she had left and still got... Read More

KAMPALA, Uganda – The unjust or prejudicial treatment of people living with HIV/ AIDS is still experienced across Uganda. This is a great cause for concern. There has not been any proof that shows how discrimination against people living with HIV leads to the decrease in its prevalence. According to UNAIDS, in 2018, Uganda had 1.4 million people living with HIV; the number of new infections among the uninfected population over a year – among all people of all ages was 1.4% and the percentage of people living with HIV... Read More

KAMPALA, Uganda- HIV/AIDS has for long been battled across the world and many countries have made remarkable progress in combating the prevalence of the epidemic. In the fight against this widely spread epidemic, many campaigns, programmes, policies and laws have been implemented by several countries including Uganda. In Uganda, section 171 of the Penal Code Act provides that any person who unlawfully/ negligently does any act which is and which he or she knows or has reason to believe to be likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous... Read More

KAMPALA, Uganda – According to a UNICEF report, 1,519 girls below 19 years in Kitgum have visited a hospital for antenatal care since schools were shut in March 2020 and “Teenage pregnancy in Lira district increased to 35.2% in 2019/2020,” according to Dr. Achaka Edmond, Assistant District Health Officer, Lira district.  But this is just a percentage of an even bigger number when it comes to national statistics given that between January and June 2020, 7000 girls were defiled, raped and impregnated according to The Daily Monitor.  Elvis Basudde Kyeyune,... Read More