Strengthening Women and Girls' Access and Use of SRHR Services in Kamuli and Pallisa Districts of Uganda (SWGAS)

Nearly 1 in every 2 girls in Uganda is married before they are 18 years. Parents force girls into marriages resulting in teenage pregnancies and its related complications. Girls are married off majorly for financial gains. Early marriages deny girls and women their right to make vital decisions about their sexual health and well-being. It forces them out of school, into a life of poor prospects with an increased risk of violence, poverty, abuse, ill health/early death.