Play is a natural learning tool in the life of an infant or a young child, it increases the child`s ability to uncover their life and adventure .Games can also be a relief for recovery from psychological stress experienced by the child.
In September 2019, Girls not Brides Uganda launched a one year project dubbed “Accelerating progress to end child marriage” with an ultimate purpose of ending child marriage and achieving a world without child marriage.
Gender based violence entails exploitation of both men and women but predominantly women. According to the Uganda demographic health survey, (2011), Uganda has a high rate of reported Gender based violence.
Women and girls living in mining areas suffer enduring physical and mental health. This frustrates their ability to survive and often their families to engage in meaningful productive lives. Sometimes, men too experience violence in such settings.
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.
