• UCRNN Annual Report 2019 – 2021
  • Financial Report – 2021
  • National child-focused budgeting (December 2021): UCRNN partnered with the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) and the Joining Forces Coalition (inclusive of Plan International Uganda, World Vision Uganda, Child Fund, SOS, TDH NL, and Save the Children) to organize a CSO National Budget Dialogue FY 2022/2023 on child-friendly budget, with a specific focus on the issues of children in the face of COVID 19.
  • UCRNN members’ submission to the gender & social development committee on the motion for a resolution of parliament urging the Government to respond to the plight of Karamojong children enslaved in street begging and child labor (22nd November 2021): On 9th November 2021, Parliament adopted the motion for a resolution of Parliament urging the Government to respond to the plight of Karamojong children enslaved in street begging and child labor; and referred it to the Committee on Gender, Labor, and Social Development for consideration and further research. Following this UCRNN member Organizations working on response and prevention of the Karamojong street-connected children together agreed and made a written submission to the Committee.
  • Orientation of Parliamentary Gender Committee (November 2021): UCRNN and its member organizations and partners conducted an orientation workshop with the 11th parliament under the theme “Bringing child rights issues closer to parliamentary level,” to discuss the children’s agenda in the country, and come up with strategies to strengthen collaboration to as we develop a child rights agenda to handle issues concerning the children.
  • Strategic Meeting with UPFC-SAPST: UCRNN in partnership with Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust convened a meeting with UPFC to discuss how to carry on the new strategic plan of the forum.
  • Children’s Virtual Meeting discussing with different children from Africa (November 2021): UCRNN in partnership with the East African Child Rights Network (EACRN) in November 2021 organized a virtual meeting to discuss and share experiences on how different children in Africa were handling the situation of COVID-19 as most of the schools around the world were closed. The meeting helped various schools to adopt new measures on how to keep children engaged as they were at home.
  • Policy Dialogues on Ending Violence against children (EVAC) in Uganda: UCRNN, in partnership with the MGLSD in 2021 conducted a series of dialogues with different stakeholders including Children, the Media, Religious & Cultural institutions, Community based volunteers (Para social workers), and CSOs to solicit their views on the situation of Violence Against Children in the country, particularly what is working, what could be improved and their commitments on EVAC to inform the country statement of commitment at the 2022 Solutions Summit.
  • Setting the Child Rights Agenda in the 11th Parliament: CSOs through UCRNN sought to delineate the parameters for Parliament-CSO engagement to set the agenda for the 11th Parliament, that’s a mutually symbiotic relationship cultured and developed for the benefit of children in Uganda. The broad objective of the agenda was to provide an operational framework of engagement between Parliament and members of UCRNN particularly in the legislative field for the promotion of democracy and good governance.
  • Submission of the CSOs Alternative Report to the ACERWC, and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) (September 2021): Following the training and capacity building on effective monitoring of the ACRWC and UPR, UCRNN worked with member organizations to gather information from a wide range of stakeholders including CSOs and children, among others; to support the development and submission of the CSOs alternative report to the ACERWC on the implementation of the ACRWC. UCRNN also contributed to the Universal Periodic Review process by submitting an alternative report to the UN Human Rights Council highlighting what actions Uganda had taken to improve the child rights situation in the country to their human rights obligations.
  • Webinar on Children’s Perspectives on Sexual Exploitation of Children in the COVID-19 context (22nd July 2021): In commemoration of Trafficking in person month, CSOs under UCRNN and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Persons (CATIP) Uganda organized 2 webinars with survivors under the Partnership pillar to discuss the children’s perspective on sexual exploitation and how to foster partnerships for a coordinated response to Trafficking in Persons in Uganda.
  • Consultative meetings on Children’s Act 2016: UCRNN, in partnership with the Freedom House/ USAID RAJA Project, organized two consultative meetings with various stakeholders including the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD), department of children and youth affairs, Probation and social welfare Officers, and Development Partners, among others to come up with the regulations for the Children’s Act 2016 to strengthen its implementation. However, after numerous engagements with MGLSD, a final verdict was passed to have no regulations to the children’s Act 2016.
  • Day of the African Child Activities (June 2021):
    • An online engagement between the children and MPs on Child focused budgeting (21st June 2021): UCRNN in partnership with MGLSD and the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children (UPFC) organized a webinar and invited some children and MPs to be part of it to discuss how budgeting is helping and affecting children’s rights in Uganda.
    • Access to justice and the 30 years of the charter (18th June 2021): UCRNN in collaboration with the Children at Risk Action Network (CRANE), MGLSD, Viva Together, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) organized a webinar on “Access to Justice for children” as part of the events commemorating the Day of the African Child. Discussions were made on how to provide and improve access to justice for children in contact with the law.
    • Validating a new tool developed by Gracia Machel Trust (GMT) (encouraging Child Participation in empowerment in child lead advocacy) (17th June 2021): The GMT Child Rights Programme recently marked a phenomenal milestone after presenting the final revised version of its digital children’s learning platform HAKI 4 ALL Children to over 100 Children from across the African continent. As a way to increase the number of children who gain more access to the training, the program got an interactive print version training manual. UCRNN mobilized children from UYDEL, High Sound for Children, and Dwelling Places to be part of the validation and The HAKI 4 ALL Children was validated as part of the year’s Day of African Child commemoration. The children were introduced to the book with simplified and child-friendly information on child rights.
    • Child-focused Research Symposium (15th June 2021): The Afri-Child Center in partnership with the Department of SWASA, Makerere University organized a Child-Focused Research Symposium as one of the activities to commemorate the Day of the African Child 2021. UCRNN represented the network members in the conversations. The symposium brought together child-focused researchers across fields of education, health, and child protection and other stakeholders from the Government, development partners, academia, civil society, and media to highlight the importance of child-focused research in accelerating the implementation of Agenda 2040.
    • National Children’s Parliament (14th June 2021): UCRNN in partnership with SOS Children’s Village Uganda and the MGLSD organized a children’s parliament that was aired live on NTV Uganda in commemoration of the day of the African Child. Children were allowed to discuss live on National Television the issues they wanted the government to do for them in the realization of their rights. The main issue the children emphasized was the reopening of schools for them to continue their studies.
    • The Day of the African Child Main event by MGLSD (14th June 2021): World Vision Uganda leveraged the celebrations to mobilize partners and duty bearers towards the realization of the rights of children from the family/community level, up to the national level through its various structures. This year’s commemoration coincided with the process of developing an Alternative Report on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) – a process that was led by UCRNN.
  • Training on Child Rights Monitoring and Reporting to treaty bodies (April 2021): UCRNN, in partnership with the Eastern African Child Rights Network (EACRN), organized a two-days training for CSOs working with children in Uganda. The Child Rights organizations were helped to appreciate their role in coming up with the CSO complimentary report to the ACERWC on the government’s progress in implementing the ACRWC.
  • Stakeholders’ Meeting on Building collective efforts to curb the prevailing increase in Teenage Pregnancies in Schools of Kampala and Wakiso (April 2021): UCRNN and members, including The Remnant Generation, Concern for the Girl Child, Afri-Child Centre for Research, and Raising Teenagers Uganda, in April 2021, organized a meeting with key stakeholders to call for the urgent need to deal with the existing legal, medical, and social barriers to teenage mothers’ access to education and health services as well as ensuring the protection of the rights of the children.
  • Training of Journalists on Alternative Care (February 2021): UCRNN, in collaboration with Child’s I Foundation and High Sound for Children, conducted training for over 20 Kampala-based journalists on the importance of family-based care. The need for continuous empowerment of journalists on child-friendly reporting was highly emphasized to ensure child rights protection while reporting child protection concerns. The training helped to build a network of child’s rights journalists in Uganda, who understand how to report child issues.
  • Alternative Care CSO Thematic Group Meeting (February 2021): UCRNN mobilized Organizations working around Alternative Care in Uganda for an online discussion on how to collectively work as a thematic group to build consensus and generate debate on Alternative Care in the country, and devise lasting partnerships and solutions to the management of children without parental care.