Female genital mutilation and human rights in Uganda:
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Date
2016-08
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Kampala International University, School of Law
Abstract
This work contains five chapters and these are discussed as follows;
i. Chapter one introduces the research topic of female genital mutilation
and human rights giving its definition. It discusses the available
literature review on female genital mutilation. The chapter also gives the
statement of the problem, objectives of the study and the methodology
that was used.
n. Chapter two discusses on the literature review.
m. Chapter three discusses the law regarding FGM, giving the human rights
provisions which protect women against violence and these range from
international instruments like un charter, universal declaration of
human rights (UDHR), the 1995 constitution of the Republic of Uganda
and the prohibiting of female Genital Mutilation Act of 2010 and many
other laws applicable.
1v. Chapter four discusses the study findings on the incident rate of FGM,
the effectiveness of the law of FGM, the effect of FGM on the realization of
the rights of women as well as the solutions to the challenges encouraged
in the enforcement of law.
v. Chapter five draws the conclusions and suggests possible
recommendations to policy makers and implementers that should be put
in place by the government, the non-governmental organizations and the
natives of the affected society, in the fight to see zero tolerance of Female
Genital Mutilation as a violation of human rights should be achieved.
And these are majority practical recommendations solving communities.
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A dissertation submitted to the faculty of law in partial fulfillment for the award of the Diploma of law of Kampala International University
Keywords
Female genital mutilation, Human rights, Kapchorwa District, Uganda