Activists have asked government and stakeholders to take action to eliminate violence again
st women and put in place mechanisms that will ensure justice for victims and adequate punishment for perpetrators.
Addressing the media in Kampala yesterday ahead of the annual Peace Exposition in Kasese, Ms Helen Kezie-Nwoha, the programme manager of the Isis Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange, a women rights activist group, said: “The more girls are being forced into prostitution by their families hoping to get money, the more number of child mothers and fathers in an area that lacks major educational facilities.”
The activists said despite being one of the countries affected by the long period of war, Uganda remains marginalised in development interventions; leading to high levels of trauma, violence against women, illiteracy and poverty. Read more…
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