Uganda Faces Health Crisis as USAID Funding Withdrawal Deepens
Uganda is on the brink of a major health crisis following the withdrawal of USAID funding, a decision that has disrupted critical programs across the
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GIRLS NOT BRIDES UGANDA (GNBU)
Girls Not Brides Uganda (GNBU) is a National Partnership chaired by Joy for Children Uganda and World Vision Uganda with a membership of 106 CSOs working at community, district, regional and national level committed to ending child marriage and enabling children live to fulfill their potential.
THE MENENGAGE UGANDA NETWORK
MenEngage Uganda is a network of 60 CSOs working to engage men and boys in reducing gender inequalities, preventing gender based violence, reducing HIV, and promoting good health of women, girls, boys and men.
Positive parenting: A clear path ending Violence against children
While a home and family can be the primary setting where violence against children occurs, they can also be the most important sources of protection from violence, and of care and support when violence has occurred.
SEXUAL ABUSE AMONG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Every child is at risk of Child Sexual Abuse but children with special needs are more vulnerable. Girls with special needs, in particular, are often at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION
Access to quality education has long been recognized as both a fundamental human right and as essential for reducing poverty, inequality and achieving other development goals
The Role of Parliamentarians in ending Child Sexual Abuse in Uganda.
Parliamentarians are uniquely positioned to shape, advance and exercise a leadership role in establishing and implementing a robust legal and policy framework for preventing child sexual abuse and ensuring it is effectively enforced by relevant actors and institutions within their constituencies and beyond.
THE VALUE OF KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL
Education plays a critical role in breaking the cycle of poverty and violence. When girls are kept in school, they stand a better chance of growing into empowered women who transform their neighborhoods and nations. Education is one of the best ways to prevent child marriages and teenage pregnancy.
THE VALUE OF KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL
Education plays a critical role in breaking the cycle of poverty and violence. When girls are kept in school, they stand a better chance of growing into empowered women who transform their neighborhoods and nations. Education is one of the best ways to prevent child marriages and teenage pregnancy
THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR
Poverty is the primary reason children are sent to work. Sadly, child labor keeps children from getting the education they need to break the cycle of poverty. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), a U.N. agency, about 70% of child laborers globally work in agriculture. Others work long hours in factories, domestic service, or forced labor, such as child soldiers and children exploited in the commercial sex trade.
Keeping Girls in School through providing Menstrual Hygiene Support
According to World Vision International (WVI), in Uganda, insufficient Menstrual Hygiene Management in schools contributes to a drop out of up to 10 percent of girls at the primary level. The SNV/IRC study report (2012) on Menstrual Management in Uganda also shared the relationship between menstruation and absenteeism in schools by girls noting that 60 percent of the girl-pupils absented themselves from schools during their menstruation.
