Tag: Families

South Africa: Mother Sentenced to Life for Trafficking Her Own Daughter

A 35-year-old South African mother and two accomplices have been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and trafficking of her own six-year-old daughter Joshlin Smith an act that has shocked the nation and left...

Court Declines to Grant Besigye, Two Others Mandatory Bail

Court

The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has declined to grant mandatory bail to opposition leader Col (Rtd) Dr. Kizza Besigye, Hajji Obeid Lutale, and Capt. Denis Oola, citing lack of jurisdiction. Presiding magistrate Christine Nantege ruled on Wednesday...

Politics

FDC Launches Policy against Sexual Harassment to Promote Inclusion

“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.”

National News

Tayebwa Calls for Hefty Fight against Alcoholism to Combat...

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.

National News

Women MPs Propose Six-Month Timeframe for Court Cases Involving...

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.

Health

MPs Call for Action on Kamwenge’s Malnutrition Crisis after...

“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,"

Crime