Child Marriages in Uganda after Enacting the Death Penalty for Defilement

Yovani Moses A. Lubaale

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Child Marriages in Uganda after Enacting the Death Penalty for Defilement

Yovani Moses A. Lubaale

Published in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 3)

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Abstract

In 1990 at the climax of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Uganda, the government repealed sections of the law in order to protect population from infection of HIV/AIDS especially the children. This paper is thus based on the 2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census which was conducted 12 years after the enactment of the law. The results showed that 4.5 percent of children in Uganda were in child marriages with girls being affected more than boys. Child marriages were found across all socio-economic and cultural class within Uganda. Many children in child marriages dropped out of school, lived in child headed households, lived in poor households especially those in urban areas, with Muslims, orphans, Northern and Eastern Region having higher proportion than other categories of children. This study shows the need to educate the public on the existence of the law so that children are protected from becoming wives and husbands.

Published in	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.pbs.20130203.19
Page(s)	138-147
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Child Marriages, Uganda, Death Penalty, Defilement

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