Children always feel safe with their parents especially their mothers.
It is however a different story for Amina Nabagesera who is blind with advanced cancer.
Members of parliament under the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children have resolved to move a motion meant to find a solution to the increasing cases of trafficking persons specifically children.
The Daily Monitor carried a story entitled “Boy aged nine marries six year-old in Buyende”. In the story, the parents of the two minors assented to the traditional union and so is the community.
The Uganda Red Cross society has partnered with government and other civil society Organizations to avail sanitary wear to girls so as to keep them in school.
High Sound for Children has partnered with the Uganda Child Rights NGO Network and Dwelling places to reach out to news editors for increased visibility of issues on children and child protection.
Child rights activists under the NGO Forum, an umbrella organization for all Non Governmental Organizations in Uganda have pledged concerted efforts in advancing the Children’s agenda.
The parliamentary committee investigating sexual violence in learning institutions has found out that sexual violence is widespread virtually in all institutions of learning visited.
Child rights organizations, women activists and individuals are demanding that government makes public results from investigations into cases of child abuse including that involving the Head Teacher of Kibuli secondary school.