Category: Sexual Reproductive Health

Our vision for the future is a Uganda where girls are educated, empowered, and equal. Girls in Uganda continue to face significant challenges due to gender inequality, poverty and other factors. 7% are married by the age of 15 34% are married by the age of 18 28% become pregnant as teenagers 85%+ do not complete upper secondary school – …

A lack of legal equality promotes violence and discrimination, yet almost every country in the world has laws that treat people differently on the basis of sex and/or gender. In every country, some form of legal inequality exists – either the law itself is sex discriminatory, the impact of the law is discriminatory, or laws are not effectively implemented enabling …

The intersecting inequality, discrimination, and poverty disproportionately experienced by women, girls and other marginalized people leave them at greater risk of sexual exploitation. exual exploitation is a form of sexual abuse. It is when someone abuses or attempts to abuse another person’s vulnerability or their own position of power or trust for sexual purposes. They may benefit from the exploitation …

Harmful practices, such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage are violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. What are harmful practices? ‘Harmful practices’ is a term used by the United Nations to categorize forms of violence or ritual discrimination, primarily committed against girls and women, that have become culturally normalized. They encompass a range of abuse which results …