Effectiveness of the Laws On Domestic Violence. A Case Study of Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1

I.I. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE .............................................................................. 1

1.2 BACK GROUND ........................................................................................................................ 2

1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................................................... 2

1.4 . THE PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................... 3

1.4. l OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................... 3

General objectives ................................................................................................................................ 3

1.4.2 Specific objectives ................................................................................................................... 3

1.1. SCOPE OF THE STUDY .......................... : ................................................................................. 4

1.2. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................. 4

1.3. HYPOTHESIS ............................................................................................................................. 4

1.4. LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................ 5

1.4.1. KEY TEXTS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ........................................................................... 5

1.5. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 5

1.5.2. SURVEY POPULATION ........................................................................................................ 6

1.5.3. SOURCES OF DATA ............................................................................................................. 6

1.5.4. Methods and Instruments Of Data Collection .......................................................................... 7

CHAPTER TWO ....................................................... : ................................................................................. 8

2. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ................................................................................................................ 8

2.1. FORMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.. ...................................................................................... 9

2. 1.1. Physical abuse .......................................................................................................................... 9

2.1.2. Emotional and psychological abuse ......................................................................................... 9

2.1.3. Economic violence ................................................................................................................. 10

2.2. CAUSES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE .................................................................................... 10

2.2. I. Socialization on Gender Roles ............................................................................................... 11

2.2.2. Women submissiveness to their Husbands ............................................................................ 11

2.2.3. Alcoholism ............................................................................................................................. 11

CPAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................... 12

3. APPLICABLE LAWS ................................................................................................................... 12

3.1.1. The constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 as amended by Act No. 1 of2000 ........... 12

CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................................................... 15

4. INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT ........................................................................ 15

CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................... : ............................................................................... 16

5 CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD ......................................................................................... 16

5.1 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 16

5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................... 16

REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 18