the rights of its women. The Bill that MP Sarah Opendi tabled sets out to “reform, repeal and consolidate the legal framework governing marriage in Uganda.” ...

Activists have raised concerns over alarming teenage pregnancy and sexual abuse crisis, with 28% of girls under 18 either ...

Opendi is also the chairperson of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association ... provides for the possibility of a monogamous Christian marriage being converted into a polygamous marriage.

The Church of Uganda today held a dialogue meeting to discuss the proposed Marriage Bill 2024, recently tabled before the ...

The Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA Uganda) urged the government to fast-track the passing of the National Legal ...

Gender-based violence is never acceptable. No woman and girl should ever have to suffer discrimination, violence or ...

The minister of state for higher education Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo has said that putting emphasis on Science, Technology, ...

Many traditional customs in Uganda subjugate women in marriage and limit their sexual autonomy. Polygyny, the marriage of a man to more than one wife, is inherently discriminatory, and ...