The Succession (Amendment) Act, 2021 Policy Brief (2022)
The Succession (Amendment) Act, 2021 Policy Brief (2022)
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The Employment Amendment Bill Gender Analysis Policy Brief (2022)
The Employment Amendment Bill Gender Analysis Policy Brief (2022)
Policy Brief Analysis of The Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 For Compliance to Human Rights Standards (2022)
Policy Brief Analysis of The Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 For Compliance to Human Rights Standards (2022)
Sexual Offences Bill (2019) – Policy Brief
Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) has conducted an analysis of the Sexual offences, Bill 2019. The Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 was tabled on the floor for Parliament for its second reading in November 2019 by the Committee of Legal and Parliamentary affairs after its scrutiny as required by the Rules of […]
Intergration of the Concluding Observations and Recommendations of the CEDAW Committee into the JLOS-SIP-III
Executive Summary This policy brief is produced by Uganda Women’s Network as part of the series of policy analysis documents. The brief focuses on the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Uganda ratified CEDAW in 1995 and as a state party is obliged to […]
Enhancing People Centered Services Delivery 2013
Executive Summary By definition, service delivery is getting services as effectively and quickly as possible to the intended recipient. The main objective of service delivery is to ensure physical, emotional and social needs are met and that people live and function as independently as possible within their own communities. The […]
Dynamics of Conflict on Women’s Rights to Land under Customary Tenure 2014
Executive Summary Women’s land rights are protected under Uganda’s 1995 Constitution and the Land Act of 1998, which defines the types of land ownership that are legally recognized. Both clearly spell out women’s right to access and own land whether individually or with others. The Land Act also seeks to […]
Does the Marriage Bill Meet the Human Rights Yardstick 2013
Executive Summary The Marriage Bill sets out to put in place a legal framework to reform and consolidate the law relating to marriage, separation and divorce; to provide for the types of recognized marriages in Uganda, marital rights and duties, grounds for breakdown of marriage, rights of parties on dissolution […]
Crisis Centers for Survivors of Gender Based Violence A Possibility 2012
Executive Summary Gender-based violence is a major problem faced by women world over with 70 % of violence faced by women are within homes and yet getting out of such abusive or violent relationship is a very difficult decision for majority to make. In Uganda, more than two thirds of […]
Violence Against Women(2012)
Executive Summary Gender-based violence in all forms – physical, psychological and economic remains one of the most detrimental affronts to the lives of women. GBV is attributed to a number of factors including cultural attitudes and misconceptions; subordination of women and political factors such as the existence of conflict; which […]