Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse in Rakai District, Uganda

From the executive summary

This report is an output of a rapid assessment study on trends of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and Child Domestic Violence (CDV) that was conducted by Empower Children and Communities against Abuse (ECCA) between April and May 2004 in Rakai District, South Western Uganda. The overall objective was to seek views of children and adults on child domestic violence and child sexual abuse.

In September 2002, ECCA developed a partnership with Rakai Health Science Program (RHSP), formerly known as Rakai Project, that commissioned ECCA to build the capacity of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health counsellors to handle Domestic Violence (DV) related cases. Among the issues that emerged during the training were limited local capacity in Rakai district to provide services and support for GBV related matters especially domestic violence and its effects on children. It was against this background that the study was commissioned.