5th National Girl Summit Uganda

Two days of consultations on the design of Phase III of the UNICEF-UNFPA global program to end marriage have been concluded today.

The first day, Thursday yesterday, was consultation with CSOs comprised among others members of Girls Not Brides - Uganda National Alliance who shared their experiences in working at grassroots and national level to address child marriage. They also proposed interventions of addressing child marriage in the next phase of the program.

Today, was the last day, consulting with the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee for child wellbeing led by Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The committee, brainstormed interventions and provided technical guidance on the planned interventions in line with government policies, procedures and plans.

The third phase is anticipated to start next year 2024.