Accelerating Progress To End Child Marriage In Uganda Project
Child marriage affects 12 million girls every year, across countries, cultures and religions. Like many
Child marriage affects 12 million girls every year, across countries, cultures and religions. Like many
Child marriage is a global problem that impedes the development, wellbeing and life options of affected individuals and their families. In the past ten years child marriage has emerged as one of the neglected human rights violations and has only recently started to receive global attention.
Joy for Children was happy to take part in the convening by GirlSPARKS. The GirlSPARKS, is a global training initiative, working with organizations and individuals to deliver more effective programming for adolescent girls through an experiential and tailored Girl-Centered Design approach.
Ann Kagere not real name is a 19 year old single mother of two. She was misled in to early sex encounters/ debut by what the myths she heard about sex from her young paternal aunt who relayed to her that ‘sex cures premenstrual pains.
Joy For Children Uganda as a prevention centre has continued to give the much needed support to survivors of Violence Against Children during the COVID19 pandemic.
On September 8, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a Resolution establishing the World Bank Accountability Mechanism (AM), and an updated Resolution for the World Bank Inspection Panel, as well as the Terms of Reference and Selection Procedures for the Secretary of the new AM.
Launched and approved by the first lady H.E Janet Kataha Museveni in 2018 to amongst others equip young people with information about sexuality so as to: Enable them to make healthy choices about their sexual and reproductive health, and Enable them utilize life-skills in developing values, attitudes and relationships that maximize their God-given potential.
There is no such a thing as a child marriage budget. Child marriage is a complex issue, involves multi-sectorial approach, thus impacting on so many sectors. Over time when child protection actors perceive child marriage, the Ministry of Gender comes as a reference.
When it rains in the night, deep into my slumber, chances are that I will not hear the rain until another day. When a country, stretches towards technology, but cannot reach the people, then it fits the analogy of night rain during a deep slumber.
Child marriage affects 12 million girls every year, across countries, cultures and religions. Like many other forms of harmful practices, it is a violation of human rights. In Uganda, 40% of our girls are married before their 18th birthday and one in every 10 girls is married before the age of 15.