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<strong>Situation</strong> <strong>analySiS</strong> of Children in uganda 2015AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD(ACRWC)The ACRWC was adopted by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1990 to localise theprovisions of the UNCRC in Africa. As in the UNCRC, the Charter recognises child participationas a means to ensuring that all actions and decisions by individuals or authorities aretaken in the best interests of the child. The main articles that provide for the participationof children are 4 and 7.CHILDREN ACT, CAP 59The Children Act (Cap 59) has provisions to uphold the right to participation on issues thataffect children’s survival and development. The act aims to ensure that the child participatesand provides evidence in situations where a matter is reported to the probation office. Asecretary for children’s affairs in each local council is responsible for ensuring that children’svoices are heard.LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACT, CAP 243Section 8 of the third schedule (1) (a) of the Local Governments Act states that ‘A Councilorshall maintain close contact with the electoral area, and consult the people on issues tobe discussed in the council where necessary’. Sub-section (1) (b) goes on to provide forsharing views from the electorate with the council by requiring the councillor to presentviews, opinions and proposals to the council. Sub-section (d) provides for councillors tomeet with the electorate on a regular basis; and (e) requires one to report to the electoratethe general decisions of the council and the actions it has taken to solve problems raised bythe residents in the electoral area. Councils are obliged to consult with their constituencies,including children, and to provide feedback on what occurs in their sessions.116 aPPENDIx 1
SITUATION ANAlySIS of ChIldreN in UgANdASTATISTICAl ABSTrACTAppendix 2:STATiSTiCAL ABSTRACTSiTUATiOn AnALYSiS OF CHiLdRen in UGAndA 2015For children, equity refers to the equal opportunity to survive, develop and reach theirfull potential without discrimination, bias or favouritism, including children in the mostdisadvantaged segments of society. This appendix provides a statistical overview of someof the inequities that affect the wellbeing of children in Uganda. The aim is to identifykey priority areas of intervention in the national development agenda to influence moreequitable programming, policy advocacy and research initiatives aimed at improving thelives of all children in Uganda.In order to get the actual numbers of individuals who have not been reached by a service, theUganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and UNICEF went beyond the averages that the indicatorsgive us. For example, for each region or district (depending on the level of disaggregation of theavailable data) as well as at national level, calculations were made of the number of pregnantwomen who did not attend a fourth antenatal visit or receive a second dose of intermittentpreventive treatment for malaria; or in the case of children, the number of children who didnot receive all basic vaccinations or who did not get malaria treatment the same or next dayafter onset of symptoms.In addition to providing the size of each gap in service delivery (numbers of individualsnot receiving a service), the analysis demonstrates that the biggest numbers of unreachedpeople are not always living within the poorest performing indicator areas – althoughthere are overlaps for some indicators. This is because the population of the age group foreach indicator naturally contributes to the gap size leading to regions/districts with lowpopulation sizes and poor performance indicator levels having low gap numbers comparedto regions/districts with high population sizes. The results provide evidence that fordevelopment programmes to effectively take positive action that enhances the fulfilmentof children’s rights, development resources should be focused on both geographical areaswith poorest performing indicator levels and also those with the highest numbers of peoplewhom service delivery has not reached.The appendix covers the demographic profile of the country’s children – their right to anadequate standard of living, in relation to the right to survival and health; the right to education;and the right to protection and an identity. Most of the data is derived from the 2011 UgandaDemographic and Health Survey (UDHS) (UBOS and ICF International, 2012), the 2012/13Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) (UBOS, 2014a), and sector databases and reports.Information on the indicators, which cover the full spectrum of a child’s continuum of careand development, was compiled for each region and used to estimate the number of childrenwho are not receiving the service represented by each indicator. All the selected indicatorsare sourced from lists of priority indicators of the strategic planning documents of the publicinstitutions responsible for each area of service delivery.The raw data file can be accessed at the following URL: http://catalog.data.ug/dataset/sitan-children-uganda-2015-statistical-abstract117
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