By Godiver Asege The government has been asked to consider sex education as a priority to reduce the high rates of school dropouts, especially among girls in the Sebei region. Kapchorwa district community development officer Harriet Aseko Mwanga made during the Right Here, Right Now — II awareness workshop on sexual reproductive health (SRH) education […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on December 21, 2022) Parents and schools react in various ways to the news of teenagers engaging in sexual relationships. Several of them punish these teenagers, but that is not always the solution. Shibba Nkwanzi looks at how parents can protect teenagers from the dangers of […]
By Maureen Nakatudde Her friends encouraged her to get a boyfriend, but 14-year-old Shakira (not her real name) was nervous about the idea. Yet she felt odd among her friends at a secondary school in Mayuge district because they all had boyfriends. So, in 2020, a friend introduced her to a 25-year-old man, who lured […]
By Bob Kisiki It’s probably the world most controversial topic, seeing as many love to engage in it (orally and otherwise), but at the same time dread being caught engaging in it. It’s the one thing you want your children to understand, but the last thing you want them to engage in, verbally or otherwise. […]
By Maureen Nakatudde Her friends encouraged her to get a boyfriend, but 14-year-old Shakira (not her real name) was nervous about the idea. Yet she felt odd among her friends at a secondary school in Mayuge district because they all had boyfriends. So, in 2020, a friend introduced to her a 25-year-old man, who lured […]