Gender-based violence ranks as top women’s-rights issue that Ugandans want

In line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 5, which calls for eliminating all forms of gender-based violence (GBV), the government of Uganda launched a National Gender-Based Violence Action Plan in 2016 that aims to end practices that promote violence against women and girls and to create a framework to ensure support and access to health services and justice for victims (UNHCR,. [...] Figure 2: Frequency of gender-based violence | Uganda | 2022 1% 14% 21% Very common Somewhat common Not very common Not at all common 36% Don’t know 28% Respondents were asked: In this area, how common do you think it is for men to use violence against women and girls in the home or in the community?) Women and men differ little in their assessments of the extent of GBV, and nor do residents in ru. [...] While most Ugandans think the police will take GBV cases seriously, a majority (62%) consider domestic violence a private matter to be handled within the family, while only 36% say it is a criminal matter that requires the involvement of the authorities (Figure 6). [...] Trust in the police may also be associated with other factors, such as experiences with the police or assessments of police professionalism, though determining the extent and causality of such associations is beyond the scope of this dispatch. [...] Institute of Peace, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, the.