Uganda: Gov’t to register children born during LRA war
Publié : 12/Mai/2019
Source: New Vision (Kampala)
By Carol Natukunda
The government plans to roll out a special birth certificate registration programme for children born during the war in Northern Uganda.
The decision follows estimates from a pilot study done in 2018 in the region, that showed that about 6,000 children were born during the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) war.
« The groups that investigated this focused on returnees — mainly young women and girls who were abducted but returned with children. Some of them are victims of rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriages, » said Margaret Ajok, the technical advisor of transitional justice at the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS).
« Beginning with the Financial Year 2019/2020, we are going to allocate money to NIRA (National Identification and Registration Authority) to give instant birth certificates to this category of people. »
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