GoU-Irish Aid Joint Programme To Address Gender Based Violence In Busoga Region

Background and Introduction

GBV prevention and response strategies have been integrated in the main development frameworks of Government namely:

The National Development Plan (NDP) and the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) for Northern Uganda. The NDP is now approved for implementation during 2010/11 – 2014/15.

The Plan seeks to address GBV as a core strategy to achieve the NDP goal of promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.

This is also the goal of the Uganda Gender Policy 2007. Parliament recently passed the Domestic Violence Act and Government produced the National Action Plan on UN SCR 1325, 1820 and the Goma Declaration.