March 2022

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Joint press conference to address issues of escalating cases of teenage pregnancy & the right of pregnant girls to return to school.

Uganda recorded a total of 290,219 teenage pregnancies from January to September 2021, translating to over 32,000 monthly (UNFPA UGANDA 2021) and this been highly attributed to the covid-19 induced lockdown where learners were out of school for close to 2 years. Many girls were sexually abused by their relatives, neighbors, teachers and their peers and in some communities; pregnancy was seen as a way out of poverty

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Feed 1200 children and 400 women during LOCKDOWN

COVID 19 is a global challenge. This has had huge effects especially for the most vulnerable in our communities – women and children. However, the condition in the slums of Kampala is worst with majority lacking food. The most affected are families with children with disabilities, families headed by children and single mothers. This project will give provide food to 200 households.

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Awareness on Child Protection Services to end Physical Violence against Children

According to findings from the Uganda Violence against Children Survey conducted by Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development in 2018, children between 13-17 years, 93.7 % of girls and 89.3 percent of boys who experience physical violence do not seek services due to individual barriers. It further adds that one in three girls (34.1 percent) and boys (31.8 percent) do not seek services because they think that violence is their fault, nearly a quarter of girls (24.0 percent) and boys (23.7 percent) do not think violence is the problem and 18.9 percent of girls and 16.0 percent of boys are afraid of getting into trouble.

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Equality Now and Partners Submission on OHCHR on CEFM

Our submission provides information in relation to the regional perspective on Child, early and forced marriage in the African continent, with a specific focus on the countries of Kenya, Mali, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda. Due to space constraints, we have only provided information in response to certain specific questions in the call for submissions.