Defilement rises in Kumi district
KUMI police last year registered 127 defilement cases, indicating an increase of 27 compared to 2003.<br>A report compiled by the police family welfare department said 500 crimes were registered.
By Richard Otim
KUMI police last year registered 127 defilement cases, indicating an increase of 27 compared to 2003.
A report compiled by the police family welfare department said 500 crimes were registered.
The district welfare officer, Florence Adong, who presented a report on gender-based violence in schools during a dialogue at Green Top hotel in Kumi recently, said an average of eight girls in the district had been defiled monthly.
She added that in a period of two years 227 girls had been defiled.
She said 40 people had been charged for defilement in 2003, registering an 8% increase.
The acting country representative for Action Aid International, Christine Achieng, told participants that gender-based violence in schools had partly contributed to the high dropout rate of girls countrywide.
According to a study initiated by Action Aid International-Uganda and carried out in the districts of Bundibugyo, Apac, Kyenjojo, Pallisa and Kampala, 84% of the girls had experienced some kind of physical or sexual violence.
The data revealed that different forms of violence affected children and their performance in school.
“In a school setting, girls suffer from sexual and psychological violence more than the boys,†the Action Aid report on Uganda read.
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KUMI police last year registered 127 defilement cases, indicating an increase of 27 compared to 2003.
A report compiled by the police family welfare department said 500 crimes were registered.
The district welfare officer, Florence Adong, who presented a report on gender-based violence in schools during a dialogue at Green Top hotel in Kumi recently, said an average of eight girls in the district had been defiled monthly.
She added that in a period of two years 227 girls had been defiled.
She said 40 people had been charged for defilement in 2003, registering an 8% increase.
The acting country representative for Action Aid International, Christine Achieng, told participants that gender-based violence in schools had partly contributed to the high dropout rate of girls countrywide.
According to a study initiated by Action Aid International-Uganda and carried out in the districts of Bundibugyo, Apac, Kyenjojo, Pallisa and Kampala, 84% of the girls had experienced some kind of physical or sexual violence.
The data revealed that different forms of violence affected children and their performance in school.
“In a school setting, girls suffer from sexual and psychological violence more than the boys,†the Action Aid report on Uganda read.
Ends