Uganda: child abuse and neglect situation report 2019

A central objective of ANPPCAN is to protect children’s rights through the collection, review, analysis and dissemination of information on the situation of child abuse as reported by various actors on a periodic basis.
Our ANPPCAN Chapter in Uganda conducted a situation analysis on child abuse and neglect between January and December 2019 and thereafter published and disseminated the findings.
The situation analysis report shows child neglect was ranked the highest violation of children’s rights, while sexual violence or defilement emerged the second. Physical violence, property rights and children in conflict with law followed in that order. By gender, the female victims dominated with 53.9% against 46.1% males. Generally, boys were the victims of beatings and physical punishment more often than girls, while girls dominated as victims of sexual abuse and educational neglect.
In most cases of child abuse, the abuser was someone the child knew, including religious leaders or instructors, teachers, parents, relatives or family friends.

View the Stuational Analysis Report here 2019