Status of Child Rights and Social Protection in Uganda

The Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP) together with the Uganda Social Protection Platform (USPP) is implementing a project to support creation of awareness and build capacity of civil society organizations to successfully advocate for policies, systems, and structures to ensure the protection and rights of the children in Uganda. As part of the process, a study of the status of children rights and social protection process was commissioned to establish and document the status of the rights of children and social protection processes. This report highlights rights and social protection issues affecting different groups of vulnerable children that include children living on the street, children affected by conflict, orphans, and children in conflict with the law, children with disabilities, children affected by sexual abuse and those involved in labour.