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The human rights situation in Uganda is tenuous. The country is emerging from two decades of war in the northern part of the country during which the rebel
movement led by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), massacred, raped, and mutilationed civilians. Villages were looted and burned. The abduction and forced conscription of children as soldiers and sex slaves was widespread; an estimated 40,000 children were abducted between 1994-2005. More than 1.6 million people have been displaced and tens of thousands were killed.
While some progress has been made by the government of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on democratic reforms and reducing abuses by the army and the police, other rights such as freedom of speech, the press, and association, and freedom of assembly are severely restricted. Access to justice, including the right to a fair trial, remains limited due to arbitrary arrests and detention, poor judicial administration, lack of resources, a large case backlog, and lengthy trial delays. Rape, domestic violence, and other forms of violence against women are widespread and there is little chance of redress for these abuses. Women effectively do not have property rights, making economic survival or autonomy virtually impossible.
The Fund’s grant-making in Uganda supports organizations promoting children’s rights and the reintegration of ex-child soldiers, human rights and democratic reform, women’s equality, and providing legal aid to vulnerable groups.
