Combat Child, Early & Forced Marriages in Uganda

Summary

Child, early and forced marriages continue to be the major factor hindering adolescent girls to achieve their education carriers in Uganda. More than 34% of girls are married before their 18th birthday every year in Uganda. Girls live under hard conditions that expose them to early pregnancies, child, early and forced marriages including poor health conditions. This also escalate girl child school drop out

The project rescues girls aged 13-18 years from child, early and forced marriages in Uganda and increase their access to good quality primary and secondary education by addressing early, child and forced marriages challenges in the country through community mobilization and sensitization of parents and adolescent girls, provide scholastic materials and re-usable sanitary pads. This is therefore, a project progress report for May-September, 2025.  

Achievements

•  95 parents mobilized and sensitized on 2020 new guidelines on pregnancy prevention and management in schools
•  2 community awareness campaigns on early, child and forced was conducted in Kibuku district reaching messages 750 people
•  150 girl children in schools sensitized on the negative effects of child, early and forced marriages
• Made follow-up of 5 girls that had dropped out of school and reinstated them in schools.
•  80 adolescent girls provided scholastic materials (books , bags and  mathematical sets)
•  101 adolescent girls provided re-usable sanitary pads.

Challenges:

•  Limited financial support still remains a challenge to orient local leaders on defilement laws
•  Stigma is high among pregnant and child bearing girls remain in schools and as such they drop out of school.
•  High expectations by the target girls

Recommendation:

 The organization request well-wishers to extend support to the reduction of child, early and forced marriages in Uganda. Child marriage is a human right violation issue and require a lot of attention. The increased child marriages in Uganda also undermine both the government and donors efforts put in education sector.

Links:

• http//www.kado.or.ug

Summary

Child, early and forced marriages continue to be the major factor hindering adolescent girls to achieve their education carriers in Uganda. More than 34% of girls are married before their 18th birthday every year in Uganda. Girls live under hard conditions that expose them to child, early and forced marriages including poor health conditions.

The project rescues girls aged 13-18 years from child, early and forced marriages in Uganda and increase their access to good quality primary and secondary education by addressing early, child and forced marriages  challenges in the country  through community mobilization and sensitization of parents and adolescent girls, provide scholastic materials and re-usable sanitary pads. This is therefore, a project progress report for January- April  2025.  

Achievements

•  105 parents mobilized and sensitized on 2020 new guidelines on pregnancy prevention and management in schools
•  3 community awareness campaigns on early, child and forced was conducted in Kibuku district reaching messages 750 people
•  335 girl children in schools sensitized on the negative effects of child, early and forced marriages
•  75 adolescent girls provided scholastic materials (books , bags and  mathematical sets)
•  118 adolescent girls provided re-usable sanitary pads.
•  One girl reused from marriage, one with  a child and returning to school this term  , 2025

 
Challenges:

•  Low involvement of local leaders in enforcing defilement laws in the community
•  Limited financial support still remains a challenge to orient local leaders on defilement laws
•  Stigma is high among pregnant and child bearing girls remain in schools and as such they drop out of school.
•  High expectations by the target girls

Recommendation:

 Child marriage is a human right violation issue and required a lot of attention. The increased child marriages in Uganda also undermine both the government and donors efforts put in education sector. The organization request well-wishers to extend support to the reduction of child, early and forced marriages in Uganda.

Links:

• http://www.google.com