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This report seeks to examine Uganda’s legal and policy framework to identify the relevant offences and mechanisms that could contribute towards the development of a prosecutorial strategy for orphanage trafficking in Uganda. The report includes a brief analysis of the Ugandan legal system, incorporation of international norms and criminal justice system as a means of understanding the operational framework for human rights and criminal law and in the country. This is followed by a deeper analysis of child protection and human trafficking laws, as the legal nexus where orphanage trafficking…
Orphanage trafficking involves the recruitment and/or transfer of children to residential care institutions for a purpose of exploitation and profit. It typically takes place in lower- and middle-income countries where child protection services systems are highly privatised, under-regulated, and primarily funded by overseas sources. In such circumstances, residential care is used prolifically and inappropriately as a response to child vulnerability, including a lack of access to education.
This study assesses and maps the legal, policy and procedural frameworks in both domestic and…
This report on the State of Uganda’s Fathers is the first of its kind. The first State of the World’s Fathers Report was published in 2015. This report was monumental in that it highlighted information about fathers and men’s caregiving globally. Following this, a number of countries have published national reports on the state of fathers including South Africa which was the first African country to publish this. The reports publish information about men’s contribution to caregiving, specifically, men’s caregiving in the context of gender equality between parents; the relationship between men…
These Guidelines are for all persons taking care of children. The goal of these Guidelines is to empower parents, the family and community structures to effectively nurture children so that they can realise their full potential.
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With support from USAID’s Vulnerable Children Fund (formerly Displaced Children and Orphans Fund - DCOF), the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Family Care Project focused on how economic strengthening (ES) interventions can help prevent unnecessary separation of children from families as…
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The Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) project was funded by USAID’s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund and managed by FHI 360 through the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Family Care Project. ESFAM was developed to help build the…
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The Family Resilience (FARE) project was funded by USAID’s Vulnerable Children Fund, implemented by AVSI and Retrak, and managed by FHI 360 through the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Family Care project. FARE was developed to help build the evidence base on how to…
This Practitioner Brief from the the Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) project presents key learning and recommendations from the Keeping Children in Healthy and Protective Families (KCHPF) project in Uganda. KCHPF is a project funded by USAID/Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) as part of the Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) project designed to contribute to learning in the alternative care and care reform sectors. The KCHPF project supported the reintegration of children living in residential care back into family care in…
AVSI’s long history in Uganda continues to be shaped by the experiences and learning that came from the early years. During the period 1985 – 2000, AVSI accompanied the people of northern Uganda through two dramatic crises: the war with the LRA including the traumatic effects on the population and decades of displacement, and the outbreak of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. During those years, AVSI’s sensitivity to the person by having a holistic approach able to consider all his/her needs (material, psychological, social), and in particular of children, led to deep reflection on the psychological…
Question of Study: How, in practice, were Household Development Plans used, and what was their value in improving the relationship environment and capacities of families to reintegrate previously separated children and youth back at home and to prevent separation?
This question was considered very important for the AVSI Uganda staff because of the recent and powerful experience with the SCORE project in which each household prepared a Household Development Plan (HDP) tailored to the available resources and potential already existing within each household. The tool proved very useful…