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    Domestic violence on girl child education in alebtong district. the case of Apala sub-county
    (Kampala International University,College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011-10) Akello, Jane
    This study was about domestic violence and performance of girl education in Alebtong district. The study was based in Apala Sub County. The objective of the study was to: examine the effect of poverty on children education, assess how drunkardness affect performance of girl child education and to find out the extent to which un faithfulness affect girl education. It was discovered that that the drunkardness of the parents affects girl child education in the sense that Parents who go drinking spend all the money meant for education of their children especially girls. Poverty affects girl child education in the sense that Lack of food in the home forces children especially girls to go farming. The study recommended that the government should Accelerate the law reform process to harmonize domestic legislation with the constitutional principles related to nondiscrimination and equality between women and men; undertake the speedy enactment of the Domestic Relations Bill and the sexual offences Bill; introduce public education and legal literacy campaigns relating to the convention and the international and national commitments on the elimination and discrimination against women.