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.” ...

The two Bills should interest us all because they represent the converging point of society’s very important social issues.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Ugandan women's ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex, such as refusing sex and asking for condom use with their partners, is key to preventing several reproductive health outcomes ...