Pub Date : 2007-09-19DOI: 10.4314/EAJPHR.V12I1.39336
Anthony Luyirika Kafumbe
The article argues that in a patriarchal, multiethnic and multi religious country like Uganda, where people's lives are governed mainly by customary and religious laws, it is difficult to realize gender equality. Only a radical secular law reform as opposed to legal pluralism can truly emancipate women. If the state endorses legal pluralism, it would be abandoning women to the perils of patriarchy. If Uganda's Domestic Relations Bill is to effectively emancipate women, legal pluralism in family and succession laws must be eliminated—one modern uniform secular law of succession applicable to all is the way forward. The article delves into the merits of secular laws and the need to eradicate legal pluralism for true women's emancipation in multicultural Uganda. It also analyses the circumstances that make women the more adversely affected by the laws of succession, and makes a number of propositions to reform these laws. East African Journal of Peace and Human rights Vol. 12 (1) 2006: pp. 65-90
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Pub Date : 2007-09-19DOI: 10.4314/EAJPHR.V12I1.39337
P. Soom
The war in Northern Uganda has had a more devastating effect on the lives and dignity of women and girls than of their male counterparts. There is deliberate gender-based violence and discrimination. Women and girls have become the soft targets of sexual violence, with rape and assault being used as weapons of war. These gender-specific threats have compounded the challenges to their protection. This article brings to light the fact that gender-based violence within the Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camps is the common, yet silent, affliction. The perpetrators include male family members, security personnel, leaders and agency officials. The risk factors that have perpetuated gender-based violence are notably the IDP situation itself, redundancy, sharing of housing units, general moral decay, ignorance, and poverty. It is shown that despite the presence of several local and International NGOs, there is no programme targeting this vice in the area. The government has failed to mobilize an effective strategy for humanitarian protection. The international community has also failed in its obligation to protect the vulnerable people by failing to close the protection gap faced by civilians. The article urges the government and the international community get seriously committed to the effective resolution of the conflict through peaceful negotiation, national reconciliation and the construction of a just and lasting peace. East African Journal of Peace and Human rights Vol. 12 (1) 2006: pp. 91-119
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Pub Date : 2007-08-22DOI: 10.4314/EAJPHR.V13I1.39346
M. Mutua
Virtually every African State, including Uganda, is a product of the rape of the continent by imperial European powers. Even though it is true that Africans cannot blame every ill on colonialism, the imperial conquests of European powers have had severely debilitating consequences. Yet, we cannot despair, and for beautiful Uganda, the genesis for recovery may lie in Juba. However - it can most certainly only be realized by looking beyond Juba. Ultimately, the reform of the Ugandan state lies in the full democratization of political society. President Museveni must understand that he will not live forever, and therefore he must not conflate the fate of the Ugandan people and state with his personal political fortunes and future. That is why a truth and reconciliation process to reconstruct Uganda is a necessity. Otherwise, President Museveni will plunge the country back into the abyss of yesteryear. Whether President Museveni seizes the Juba talks as an opportunity to overhaul the state will determine his legacy.
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