She was launching the annual 16 days of activism against Gender-based Violence at Waluwerere primary school in Bugiri district on Monday. The annual international campaign that kicks off on November 25, and runs until December 10, is used as an organizing strategy to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.
US ambasador to Uganda, H.E Deborah Malac launching the 16 days of activism against gender based violence at Waluwerere primary school in Bugiri district.
Outgoing US Ambassador to Uganda Deborah
Malac has urged stakeholders to involve children in the fight against Gender-Based Violence-GBV. Malac says that parents should mentor their children on the
values of equality at a tender age which will enable them to respect those they
grow up with.
She was launching the annual 16
days of activism against Gender-based Violence at Waluwerere primary school in
Bugiri district on Monday. The annual
international campaign that kicks off on November 25, and runs until December
10, is used as an organizing strategy to call for the prevention and
elimination of violence against women and girls.
Ambassador Malac argues that
encouraging children to solve their small childhood differences amicably can
help them to have a love for each other, and change the society’s approach to Gender-based
Violence.
//Cue in; “we all have…
Cue out…change the mindset.”//
Ambassador Malac further says
that as parent’s labour to educate their children on the dangers of GBV,
authorities should also come out and denounce the act by prosecuting
perpetrators of the vice.
//Cue in; “we have a…
Cue out…all of us.”//
Meanwhile Bugiri district
chairperson Marijan Azalwa says that they have signed an ordinance to name and
shame perpetrators of Gender-based Violence.
“All councillors signed an
ordinance of ending Gender-based Violence by pinning names of the offenders on
district boards and other public places to ensure that they carry the burden
for their misgivings,” he says.
He adds that the ordinance also
warrants for the immediate prosecution of offenders immediately after arrest which
he hopes will reduce the rates of Gender-based Violence in the district.
On his part, the Bugiri district
police commander Jeff Ssebuyungo says that cases are estimated at 41 per cent, however,
the prosecution is frustrated by women who cannot contain the pressure from their
in-laws after locking up the husbands.
