Church calls for unity in fight to end GVB against women

By Ben Musanje

7^th Dec 2022

The Catholic Church has called for a joint effort of all stakeholders to end Gender Based Violence against women and girls in the country.

Fr. Joseph Ekutte, the Lubaga Hospital Chaplain while leading a sacrifice mass for the function of honoring the climax of the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence Against Women and Girls, this morning said that many women have been emotionally and sexually violated by their husbands.

He says that others have been denied their rights to work making them dependent while many women have isolated themselves from their relatives and friends due to the experienced situation.

Fr. Ekutte however notes that there are men who are also experiencing gender based Violence though they shy away and fail to disclose the situation they are facing.

The Global 16 Days Campaign is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls.

The campaign runs every year from 25 November to 10 December on Human Rights Day and this year, the campaign is under the theme; Unite activism to end violence against women and girls.

The function has been organized by the Lubaga Hospital in partnership with the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau -UCMB in honor to the 16 Days of Activism of Gender Based Violence against Women.