Cultural Leaders Urged to Join the Fight Against Teenage Pregnancies
KAMPALA, Uganda – Over the course of this year, teenage pregnancies have increased tremendously, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent... Read More
COVID-19 HAS MAGNIFIED GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN UGANDA.
KAMPALA, Uganda – The UNHCR defines Gender based violence GBV as, any act that perpetrated against a person’s will and is based... Read More
COVID-19 Reveals Entrenched Gender Inequality
KAMPALA, Uganda – In just one month after lockdown (March 30, 2020 to April 28, 2020), an estimated 3,280 cases of gender-based... Read More
COVID-19 – A Domestic Violence Trigger In Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda – Domestic violence, which may also be referred to as domestic abuse or family violence, is a growing vice in... Read More
COVID-19 Continues To Disrupt Access to Healthcare for People Living With HIV/AIDS
KAMPALA, Uganda – With the onslaught of the Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, many people living with HIV/AIDS have experienced bottlenecks... Read More
Common Forms of Domestic Violence as a Result of Covid-19
KAMPALA, Uganda – Governments relentlessly adopted almost universally similar measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. While health and social systems... Read More
Help For Survivors Of Violence Is Just A Call Away
KAMPALA, Uganda – Violence, especially against women in Uganda, is a rampant vice that has claimed several lives. Violence takes several forms... Read More
Stiff Resistance to The Girl Child is Keeping Her Behind
KAMPALA, Uganda – It is a sad reality that women and girls in several communities continue to face discrimination, violence, and a... Read More
Cyber Harassment, a New Form of Violating Women’s Rights
KAMPALA, Uganda – Some of the common forms of violence against women and girls include, forced marriages, female genital mutilation (FGM), rape... Read More
Courts Need To Step Up And Help Deliver Justice For The Girl Child
KAMPALA, Uganda – On September 2020, The New Vision published an article stating that a total of 6,888 cases of Sex-Gender Based... Read More