27 Dec
The World Health Organization defines malnutrition as “deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients”. The National Health Services of the United Kingdom refers to malnutrition as “poor nutrition”. There is something in common here, based on those two definitions and that is food. The food in question is available…
24 Dec
Christmas day is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ around the world on the 25th of December every year. Both religious and cultural people celebrate it around the world. It’s preceded by the season of advent that initiates the season of Christmastide which historically in the West lasts twelve days. Isaiah 9:6 –…
16 Dec
Schools are to reopen in Uganda by January 10th, 2022, and all is set. So back to school dates are set but who is going back to school and how is it going to be done. Are the schools ready to accommodate the students? Are teachers ready to teach that is if they are…
15 Dec
Menstruation hygiene refers to the access to menstrual hygiene products to absorb or collect the flow of blood during menstruation, privacy to change the materials, and access to facilities to dispose of used menstrual management materials. Menstruation refers to the monthly shedding of the lining of a woman’s uterus. It is also known as the…
14 Dec
Rape is something that many people make fun of every day mostly men. They feel that in some way or the other they have won over the girl. Cases of rape in Uganda keep on rising day by day. Some are reported and some are not. Authorities are corrupted not to hear the cases so…
08 Dec
Gender-based violence refers to the harmful acts directed at an individual based on gender. This can be directed to both men and women who go through this but most women go through this around Africa. Gender-based violence takes many forms such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child marriage, and genital mutilation. Threats of violence,…
06 Dec
3 rd December is an International Day for Persons with Disabilities. It’s celebrated all over the world to show care and love to both adults and children with disabilities. It was declined in the year 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly and it aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support…
06 Dec
1ST December is the world’s AIDS day all over the world. It’s a day to highlight the work done to eliminate the epidemic. It was first observed on December 1st, 1988 to bring greater awareness to HIV as well as commemorate those affected by the disease. The idea was brought up by James W.…
26 May
Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation worldwide, although these laws do not consider all work by children as child labour;…
20 Apr
Children’s rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as “any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is…