Gender Based Violence refers to harmful acts directed towards an individual based on their gender. During the Covid-19 lockdown, there are several cases of GBV in our communities such ass forced prostitution in order to get money, transactional sex, trafficking adolescent girls and young women to work as sex machines, marital rape and forcing girls …
Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Lessons for Adolescent Girls and Young Women Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, many things such as churches, schools, arcades were locked in order to stop the spread of the Virus. And because of this, adolescent girls and young women in the different communities/societies are facing a lot of challenges. A …
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Love in brief is a feeling of affection to someone or something. In the contemporary society, love has been expressed in various ways by different people with unpredictable aims. A number of youth involve themselves in such relationships but at the end of the day, the consequences are always regrettable and pitiable. However, the victims …
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, early and forced marriage and teenage pregnancy have become very rampant. Here in Busoga, there is a cultural belief that a boy-child is more important than the girl-child. Girls are referred to as “Sukal” meaning that they can be married off in exchange for sugar. Some parents have married off …
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”The learners might be lacking the #21stCenturySkills, but how about the teachers themselves? How can these skills be fostered in the learners? How would one assess these skills?” remarked Dr. Anthony Mugagga, the Chairman, Board of Directors, #JMERC, at the #ADAPT/ALiVE #National_Advisory_Group Meeting held at LGIHE, as an introduction to the ADAPT project. https://www.facebook.com/edurecentre/
Dear friends and Colleagues of JMERC,You are cordially welcome to our second edition of the JMERC TIMES, specifically, to this midyear newsletter. It is our pleasure and honour to host you here, as you learn more about our work, where we envision a world where all children and youth learn, thrive and achieve. In this …