A Conversation on Rights, Access to Justice and Action for All Women and Girls in Uganda.
A Conversation on Rights, Access to Justice and Action for All Women and Girls in
Where Injustice Lives; What Access to Justice for All Women and Girls in Uganda Looks Like.
Well, injustice dwells on the streets of Jinja city, in the huts of residents in
HARNESSING THE POWER OF EDUCATION IN ENDIND CHILD MARRIAGE
Education is widely considered to be one of the most important factors in delaying the age of marriage for girls. In developing countries evidence shows that the more education a girl receive, the less likely she is to be marriage before the age of 18 and more likely she is to delay pregnancy and child birth. While education alone cannot end child marriage and teenage pregnancy, it is a critical building block in ending the abusive practices.
Child marriage and boys
Activists have been primarily focusing on the devastating impact of child marriage on girls and girl’s education but in this case boys are also being affected.
According to Girls not Brides , 34% of girls in Uganda are married before their 18th birthday and a 7% are married before the age of 15. 6% of boys are married before their 18th birthday.
GENDER BASED VIOLECE AND CHILD MARRIAGE
Around 1 in 3 girls and women experience physical and sexual violence in their lifetime. Child marriage is a manifestation of this violence, putting girls and women at a high risk of sexual, physical and psychological violence and related outcomes like poor health, depression throughout their lives.
Girls Not Brides Empower Project
Child marriage is a health and human rights issue, especially for girls and women in the developing world. It is particularly prevalent in Uganda.
Delay Marriage | Promote School
:In Uganda, 54% of women between 20 and 24 were married by 18, and 12% are married by age 15. In the districts of Kabarole (western) and Butaleja (eastern) Uganda, parents marry off their daughters for money and gifts.
Girls Not Brides Uganda
In Uganda, 45% of girls are married before the age of 18, yet child marriage often goes unreported. Child rights advocates in the country are determined to do something about that and recently launched Girls Not Brides Uganda: the National Alliance to End Child Marriage.
