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8th March is celebrated world over as the International Women’s day. This year’s celebration is coming in the wake of an eventful year. It has been revealed that the gender gap, the gap between men and women across health, education, politics and economics, has widened, the #MeToo movement has started, encouraging millions to speak up […]
Uganda Women’s Network has urged the government to sensitize the community on domestic violence and how it can participate in the eradication of domestic violence in Uganda. UWONET in a policy brief on the Domestic Violence Bill has said that sensitizing the community on domestic violence will encourage the community to participate in the fight […]
The Uganda Women Network has recommended that the government should train judges and other judicial officers in Uganda on issues related to domestic violence if the government is to ensure that the Domestic Violence Act achieves the purpose for its enactment. This comes about eight months after the enactment of the Act which was passed […]
Ultimate Media The Church of Uganda has vowed to fight domestic violence now on increase in Uganda. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi says the church will curb the vice by preaching to people to be tolerant. He says domestic violence is on increase because some people are intolerant. Research […]
The government of Uganda has been called upon to put in place more mechanisms to ensure women who are sexually abused and those facing domestic violence get justice. The call was made by international human rights organization Amnesty International at the launch of their new report I Can’t Afford Justice – Violence against women in […]
By Namutebi Patricia Thirty-eight-year-old Nanozi Sandra* welcomes me with a smile. She is carrying a child on her back as she weighs and packs up plastic bottles in a huge sack. She displays a face of resilience. Sandra is a single mother of five. She collects garbage which she later sells at a recycling plant. Sandra […]
Uganda has had many issues in regards to gender based violence and according to the 2014 report from the Ministry of Gender, labour and Social development, it is wide spread in the whole of Uganda as a country. Gender Based Violence is an umbrella term used to describe any harmful act that is perpetrated against […]
One evening I was going to visit my friend in Kiwatule, there were no taxis available so I decided to grab a boda boda from my home in Namungogo. We were riding as well as having a conversation with the Boda man. As we were conversing, suddenly a topic about men and women begun and […]
The Member of Parliament for Nakaseke County North, Hajat Syda Bumba, recently stunned fellow MPs when she told the house that there are a number female MPs being buttered by their husbands over their failure to surrender their monthly earnings. Bumba made this revelation while contributing to a debate that urged government to come up […]
As Uganda joins the rest of the world tomorrow to mark the beginning of the 16 days of activism, civil societies that focus their operations on the fight against domestic violence have asked leaders to take action to prevent violence against women which has become so rampant in Uganda. The Global theme for this year […]