Uganda: Sex Drives Fights in Northern Uganda

Sexual and gender-based violence are key conflict drivers in northern Uganda, a report by the Advisory Consortium on Conflict Sensitivity (ACCS) on northern Uganda, has found.

ACCS is a partnership of International Alert, Refugee Law Project and Safer World, and is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The report, 'Northern Uganda Conflict Analysis', revealed that the north-eastern districts of Abim, Moroto and Kotido had a high prevalence of sex and gender-based violence (SGBV), reporting as many as 20 to 30 cases a month.

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