UGANDA WOMENS ISSUES

Since 1994, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has kidnapped 8,000 children. Ninety percent of LRA soldiers are abducted children. Girls are forced into marriages with their captors and are sexually abused. Of those few girls who escaped, nearly 100% are suffering from a sexually transmitted disease, and face the social stigma of rape. The Lord’s Resistance Army is fighting against the Uganda government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Sudanese authorities have overlooked atrocities committed against the children and allowed the LRA to have bases in Sudanese territory. ("Uganda: Stolen children, stolen lives," Amnesty International Index: AFR February 1997)

The Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda has abducted as many as 10,000 boys and girls in the past two years (United States officials, Roy Gutman, "Sex-Slave Trade in Uganda," Associated Press, 13 December 1997)

Young girls are increasingly being rushed into marriage in Uganda to avoid abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Marriage is now regarded as way to avoid abduction-you may be raped, but the chances are you will be left home. (James Ocaya resident of Gulu Uganda, Tom Gawata-Tegulle, "Girls Rush Into Marriage to Escape Rebel Abduction," People Newspaper, 22 July 1997)

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