Tag Archives: GBV

By Cinderella Atenyo Behind the statistics, meetings and official reports are women who suffer in silence, children whose pain is never reported and families struggling to find justice in a region where help can often feel far away. It is this silence that leaders and justice actors are now being challenged …

By Cinderella Atenyo-Napak In a powerful demonstration of the justice system’s commitment to protecting the most vulnerable, a Napak Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a mother to three years and one month in prison for the brutal torture of her six-year-old daughter using a heated knife on her private parts. Naru …

By Timothy Eodu & Lokeris Moses As the world prepares to mark the 16 Days of activism, a section of Moroto residents are raising eyebrows over increasing gender based violence, especially against women and girls. They say this is due to uncontrolled consumption of alcohol and poverty that continues to …

By Edward Akaki – MorotoA section of leaders of Moroto district have blamed the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the district and region at large to laxity by some parents who do not teach their children good morals or leave them to learn from others.This was during the launch …