Western Uganda Bantwana Program
- P Project/Program
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Key Information
Children and adolescents in western Uganda face many threats to their well-being, safety, and development. Of particular concern is rate of sexual abuse, and related issues of teen pregnancy and forced marriage which deepen poverty and give rise to a host to lifelong obstacles to health and wellbeing, especially for girls.
For the last 12 years, the Bantwana Initiative of World Education, Inc. (WEI/B) has been working in schools and communities in four under-served districts in western Uganda. As WEI/B has built the trust of community members and expanded its reach in schools, the Western Uganda Bantwana Program (WUBP) has honed in on tackling the social norms and conditions at home and in schools that lead to violence against children.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
Not applicable or unknown
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
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Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Secondary completion
Other
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
Quality
- School-related gender-based violence
Cross-cutting areas
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Community leaders
- School administrators
Participants include
- Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
Program Approaches Back to Top
Health and childcare services
- Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
- Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
School-related gender-based violence
- Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
- Work with community leaders
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
Women's empowerment programs
- Advocacy/action
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved critical thinking
- Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
- Increased primary school completion
- Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved critical consciousness
- Improved financial literacy and savings
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
- Increased employment/job-related skills
- More equal power in relationships
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Reduced child marriage
- Reduced intimate partner violence
- Reduced poverty/increase household well-being
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
- Reduced violence against children in the home
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Gill Garb
- World Education, Inc.
- Vice President
- wei@worlded.org
- +16174829485