Uganda
Widow "Cleansing" Tradition - Rights Violation
Widow cleansing dates back centuries and is practiced for example in countries like Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, Angola, Ivory Coast, Congo and Nigeria. It gives a nod to a man from the widow’s village or her husband’s family, usually a brother or close male relative of her late husband, to force her to have sex with him – ostensibly to allow her husband’s spirit to roam free in afterlife.
As If We Weren't Human: Discrimination and Violence against Women with Disabilities in Northern Uganda
(Kampala) - Women with disabilities in northern Uganda experience ongoing discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Many are unable to gain access to basic services, including health care and justice, and they have been largely ignored in post-conflict reconstruction efforts.
The 73-page report, "," describes frequent abuse and discrimination by strangers, neighbors, and even family members against women and girls with disabilities in the north. Women interviewed for the report said they were not able to get basic provisions such as food, clothing, and shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities. One woman with a physical disability who lived in such a camp told Human Rights Watch that people said to her, "You are useless. You are a waste of food. You should just die so that others can eat the food." The research was conducted in six districts of northern Uganda - a region recently emerging from over two decades of brutal conflict between the rebel Lord's Resistance Army and the government.
Uganda bans female genital mutilation
Ugandan MPs have voted to outlaw female genital mutilation - also known as female circumcision.
Ugandan gays and Muslim women:a common struggle to redefine family
Ugandan gays and Muslim women:a common struggle to redefine family
Cassandra Balchin, 9 November 2009
Ugandan Physician-Lawmaker Moves to Criminalize FGM
Run Date: 05/31/09
By Rebecca Harshbarger
WeNews correspondent
Men’s violence on wives proof of skewed masculinity
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Ugandans ban female circumcision
A community in eastern Uganda has banned the deeply rooted practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), an official has said.
Uganda: Is Domestic Violence a Part of Life?
It is a few hours into the night. A young girl's wail pierces through the dark, silent and scary night.