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In a big study on violence against children in Uganda, done in 2005, 98% of the 1406 children who took part said that they had experienced violence, for example, caning, slapping and pinching. 31% of these children said that they experience violence at least once a week.
60% of the children consulted in the study who went to school said that they were routinely beaten and humiliated in school as a punishment.
Here are some of the things that children said:
“You can’t escape [violence]. From when you are born to when you are grown-up, they beat you, shout at you, insult and do what they like to you to control you. I don’t know why it has to be like that.”
16-year-old boy, Apac district
“I wish I could be a big person and not suffer.”
12-year-old boy, Apac district
“Government should pass a strict law to make sure parents don’t mistreat children.”
15-year-old girl, Nakapiripirit district
“[We should] sensitise parents on how to handle children, not to deny them their rights and avoid giving corporal punishment. This way, the violence would stop.”
16-year-old girl, Nakapiripirit district
Read more about the research study:
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The study results were very shocking and the situation of children required immediate attention. Click here to find out what children and adults decided to do about it.
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