We shall give UGX 10 million as financial support and start up capital to help families regain economic stability, 2 acres of land for resettlement, and a house constructed
Uganda has emerged as a premier investment destination, recently recognized as the Best in Africa at the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“Gender-Based Violence is not coming by itself. There is a root cause of it, and the first that we can clearly see and we have experienced in our families and communities is poverty.”
Women are often married to men who are heavy drinkers and lose family plantations that generate income for essential needs, such as school fees for their children, at the cost of their drunk husbands.
The practice in Karamoja, where some families still demand 100 heads of cattle as the bride price, creates an avenue for the women to be treated like property in marriages.
“Men in Kamwenge should allow their women to hold responsibility in their families; they should stop selling food out of their women's houses and should be sensitized,"