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Young children, adolescents find a ‘Buddy’ for psychosocial support.

“Hello.” “Hello. I’m Buddy. I’m really pleased to connect with you…I’m here to support you with information on mental health and many other issues that many young people are worried about.” That is Buddy’s introduction when a young person engages with the Chatbot. The chat can then be steered to the specific needs...

Sauti 116 bolsters government response to violence and abuse in homes and communities in Uganda

At Sauti 116, the counsellors working in 24 hour 7 days a week shifts are always at their workstation by 7 a.m. every day to receive calls from the public through a toll-free telephone service with a short-code 116. Sauti 116 call centre is a national mechanism to manage cases of child rights violations and Gender Based Violence (GBV) for children…

25 November 2023

Marcyline finds hope through the Spotlight Initiative

KASESE DISTRICT, Uganda:- When Marcyline realised she was pregnant, she felt powerless and scared. At that moment, “I lost my future,” she says. Just a few months earlier, the then-16-year-old was attending school and looked forward to becoming a teacher when she grew up. That all changed when Marcyline was raped ...

A girl is survives abduction and forced marriage

In some districts of the Karamoja sub-region, harmful cultural practices that violate the rights of children, especially girls, continue to exist. In Kaabong District, wrestling of girls resulting in forced marriages continues to happen in addition to other forms of child rights violations. In 2021, while schools ...

03 December 2021

Launch of Protect the Girl, Save the Nation campaign

“It takes a village to raise a child” is a well-known proverb. But, why does it take a village to raise a child? It takes a village to raise a child because raising a child is a huge task and a big responsibility that requires a collaborative effort. Raising a child properly requires inculcating in that child th...

25 November 2021

The Third Inter-Ministerial Cross-Border Meeting for Addressing FGM

Over the past 19 months, the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic brought home the fact that no person, no community, no country exists in isolation from the rest of the world. We are all interconnected, for better and for worse. As the rollout of vaccines lessens the dangers of COVID-19, all of us stand in the w...

18 November 2021

Uganda to develop a National Action Plan on online child sexual abuse and exploitation

Uganda will be the first country to develop a National Child Protection Action Plan that will implement recommendations from a recent study that found disturbing evidence of online child sexual exploitation and abuse in the country. The Commissioner for Children and Youth in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Soci...

03 November 2021

Mid-term Evaluation of the National Strategy to End Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda

The report presents the findings of the Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of the National Strategy to End Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy (NSCM&TP) in Uganda. The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) commissioned the MTE with support from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The evaluatio...

28 October 2021

Police officers, medical workers cautioned against using stereotypes that entrench SGBV

Police officers, medical workers and probation officers from eight of the districts with highest cases of sexual and gender-based violence in Uganda have been cautioned against using gender biases and stereotypes that further traumatise victims. While sexual violence (including rape and defilement) and domestic v...

22 October 2021

Junior journalists championing the fight against negative social norms

Forced marriages. Kidnapping of girls. Courtship rape. School dropouts. The list of negative social norms in Lolelia Sub County in Kaabong District is a long one. Not only are these norms considered acceptable, but with the closure of schools due to the coronavirus disease, this list is growing, and becoming a w...

18 October 2021

‘Mama Police’ to the rescue of Namayingo’s Gender Based Violence victims

As Uganda celebrated its 59th Independence anniversary on October 9th, Sergeant Milly Labol, popularly called ‘Mama Police’ in Namayingo District was happy for a different reason: Court had remanded one Moses Akol who repeatedly assaulted his four-year-old daughter while his wife who is his children’s stepmother k...

Para Social Workers: The Force Transforming Rwenzori Sub Region

Until recently, ten-year old Baluku Mohamed never knew that he had a father. It was a Para Social Worker –PSW in Mpondwe Lubiriha Town Council of Kasese District, during home visits, who took interest in Baluku and engaged the town council social welfare officer as well as the police to start a seven months search...