35. Lauds the continuous efforts by the Government of Uganda to improve gender
equality, and to increase women’s representation in governance and public
service, including through its unique constitutionally integrated quota system
and affirmative action program which entails the creation of special ‘add-on’
seats for women at national and local government levels;
36. Welcomes the establishment of the Women’s Enterprise Fund, which seeks to
support the development of women’s projects in rural areas;
37. Notes with appreciation the inclusive education policy of Uganda, which
provides for the inclusion of learners with special needs in all schools, as well as
other measured adopted by the Government of Uganda to provide reasonable
accommodation for persons with disabilities so as to ensure that they enjoy
equal access to public facilities and services;
38. Commends Uganda for the adoption of the National Council for Older Persons
Act (2013), which provides a platform for advocacy, lobbying and monitoring
the implementation of the legal and policy frameworks concerning older people;
39. Further Commends Uganda for the adoption of the HIV&AIDS Prevention and
Control Act, 2014, which amongst others, outlaws discrimination against
persons living with HIV/AIDS in workplaces and schools;
40. Notes with appreciation that: all Government institutions have a work plan on
HIV & AIDS and an HIV & AIDS Committee headed by a desk officer; and also
that every health worker recruited undergoes training in the respective
programmes based on the National HIV & AIDS Guidelines;
41. Welcomes the commitment made by the Government of Uganda under the
Universal Periodic Review, to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention
against Torture and to incorporate its provisions into its domestic law;
42. Notes with appreciation the 31% decrease in the number of complaints
registered against the State before the Ugandan Human Rights Commission, as
a result of the various reforms undertaken by different government institutions
to ensure the respect for human rights;
43. Welcomes the establishment of government programs to support agencies such
as ‘Enterprise Uganda’, which sensitize the public and private sectors so as to
capacitate them to participate in the economy under the Private Sector
Competitiveness Strategy.
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