Executive Summary

Human rights are those rights that naturally belong to every individual whether one is a man or woman, girl or boy, infant or elder. Human rights are given by God just because one is a human being. All human beings–regardless of their age, sex, race, colour, language, religion, national origin, class, or political opinion are entitled to these rights.

Human rights are the basic standards for every person to realize their human dignity. Although Uganda is signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and has a National Constitution that provides for these rights, many women continue to be denied  most of their basic rights