Marriage and Divorce Bill a Remedy to Women’s Woes

COMMEMORATING women’s day has left me pondering about how the women in Uganda can effectively be helped to overcome their challenges.

The most recurring and with severe effects being domestic violence that has manifested into gender based violence.

There are also challenges of desertion, the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS, widow inheritance, long cohabitation periods among others. The good news, however, is that the marriage and Divorce Bill 2009 is one of those Bills that has been tabled for debate before Parliament and be enacted henceforth.

It should be noted that despite the fact that the Marriage and Divorce Bill 2009 is long overdue (as it one piece of unfinished business that accrue from the 8th to the 9th Parliament), there are still appeals from the public to have more consultations before it is adequately debated upon, which seems rather a way of delaying its enactment into law.

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