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The Global Fund For Human Rights

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated movement and contact restrictions instituted to mitigate the spread of the virus have invariably created the conditions which have led to the escalation of violence against children, women and girls in most communities in Uganda.

Uganda has one of the highest child marriage prevalence rates in the world at 40% (UNICEF 2016). Nearly one in every two girls is married before their 18th birthday.

In 2019, with concerted efforts to achieve Girls Not Bride’s vision of a world without child marriage, where girls are equal to boys and can achieve their full potential. A project proposal was developed, with funding support from People’s Post Code Lottery through Girls Not Brides, Girls Not Brides Uganda received a one-year grant to ‘Accelerate Progress towards Ending Child Marriage in Uganda’.

JFC-U with funding from Child Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVP) and technical support from Raising Voices, is implementing “Violence Against Children Prevention Centers” (VACPC) project in Kabarole and Bunyangabu districts.

This project is funded by AmplifyChange and is being implemented by JFCU and other Girls Not Brides Uganda (GNBU) partners in the districts of Maracha, Masindi, Lyantonde, Kasese, Moroto and Butaleja.