Women lawyers against anti homosexuality bill

Although FIDA-Uganda works to promote the inherent dignity and human rights of women and children using the law as a tool for social justice, it has also added on supporting homosexuals. FIDA is an organisation that is against any discrimination on whatever ground and it has struggled through using the law in order to achieve the goals of equality for all. Being women FIDA are accurately aware of the indignities, humiliation, marginalization, and powerlessness caused by discrimination on account of sex and gender. As a children-centred organisation, FIDA condemns any sexual exploitation of children by any woman or man regardless of whether it is by people of the same sex of the opposite sex.

Nevertheless, as a human rights organisation, FIDA is strongly opposed to the proposed anti homosexuality bill. In the first instance, human rights are in born and belong to all individuals equally without requiring any permission for their enjoyment. Human rights are also not conferred    by the state or by any other institution, organisation or person.

According to the press release FIDA Uganda has issued in Kampala today, it says that the proposed anti homosexuality bill is unnecessary and redundant. It says that the current criminal law for example the penal code act amendment of 2007 fully protects all children, whether boys or girls from sexual exploitation by any person who may abuse his or her position of power or authority. The penal code act already provides for the offences outlined in the homosexuality bill.

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