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ActionAid holds inter-generational dialogue on FGM and GBV in Amudat

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ActionAid Uganda has held a one-day intergenerational dialogue in Lokales subcounty, Amudat district and the main objectives is to enhance inter-generational relationship between men and boys, and women, and girls, that are supportive of adolescent gender and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRHR). One of the most …

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Gov’t renews its commitment to end FGM

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Rukia Nakadama has renewed government’s commitment to end female genital mutilation (FGM) which she said has persisted despite all the prohibitions. Nakadama said government was aware of cross border influence especially from Kenya that is frustrating its efforts to eliminate …

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Reformed FGM surgeons ask government for financial support

Kween, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sakit Kokop is a reformed Female Genital Mutilation-FGM surgeon in Kween district. Kokop is currently struggling to make ends meet because of the FGM ban. Prior to the enactment of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act, 2010, Kokop used to earn between 30,000 to …

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Surgeon sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for female genital mutilation

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Moroto Chief Magistrates court has handed Maria Lokeris, a resident of Nakonyen village, Tapac sub-county, a four-year jail term after finding her guilty of performing female genital mutilation. She appeared before Moroto Chief Magistrate Emmy Soyeko on Monday. The prosecution told the court that …

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Ending Female Genital Mutilation

How COVID-19 undermines cross border efforts to curb the vice Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As countries introduce more comprehensive anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) laws and policies, cross-border FGM has emerged as a new trend among practising communities to evade prosecution. And it has been escalated by the COVID-19 …

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Gov’t moves to tighten law on GBV

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa has said that government is in the process of enacting tougher legislation to curb sexual offenses in the country. Tayebwa indicated that the new law will be jointly considered with the ongoing bail reforms that the government is currently …

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RDC recruits locals in FGM fight

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Amudat Resident District Commissioner, Robert Adyama has started recruiting reformed Pokot warriors and women to provide intelligence information on the outlawed Female Genital Mutilation-FGM, which is believed to be taking place in the wilderness.  Speaking to URN on Thursday, Adyama said they have started identifying …

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Unfriendly to girls

  Uganda named among least friendly countries for girls | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is among the worst countries in Africa where girls continue to experience gender-based discrimination in law, policy and practice, according to the latest report by the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF). The report is entitled: `Africa …

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Amudat girls use lockdown to sneak to Kenya to be circumcized

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is on the rise in Amudat district according to officials and anti FGM activists. Uganda in 2010 outlawed the harmful practice, but despite the legal instrument, the country has struggled ending the practice among the Pokot girls. URN reports …

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