2. About Me
• Film major
• Grew up in a small Minnesota town
• Family – Mom, Step Dad, Half Sister,
Half Brother
• Favorite film = Fight Club
3. Hobbies
• Biking
• Reading – Novels, comics, etc
• Watching films
• Critiquing films
4. Uganda
• Capital: Kampala
• Language: English - Swahili
• Population: 35,918,915
• Religion: Christianity, Muslim
5. Marriage
• Church/civil marriages are governed by the
Marriage Act of 1904.
• Muslim marriages are governed by the
Marriage and Divorce of Mohammedans Act
of 1906.
• Before the new constitution in 1995, many
marriage laws were considered to be
discriminatory against Ugandan women.
6. Sexual Violence
• In 1995, a study found that 22% of women in
Uganda have experienced sexual violence.
• In 2006, 70% of women and 60% of men
admitted that wife beating was “justifiable
under certain circumstances.”
• Sexual assault linked to the progression of
high HIV rates in the country.
7. Genital Mutilation
• Female Genital Mutilation is widespread throughout Africa, especially in
eastern Uganda (Mujuzi 1).
• In a redrafting of the Ugandan constitution, the practice of female
circumcision was specifically targeted as an issue that, almost unanimously,
Ugandan’s wanted abolished (Mujuzi 3).
• A prohibitionary act, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act (PFGM
Act), was enacted in 2010, outlining FGM as “all procedures involving partial
or total removal of external female genitalia for non therapeutic reasons
(Mujuzi 8-9).”
• Punishment for violating the PFGM Act can be anywhere from ten years
imprisonment to life imprisonment depending on the severity of the
mutilation (Mujuzi 9-10).
8. Religion
• The major religions in Uganda are Christianity,
Islam, and Hindu.
• Marriage is governed by different laws
depending on which religion you subscribe to.
9. Sources
• “Uganda.” Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, n.d.
Web. 27 Aug. 2014
• Emusu, Donath, Nataliya Ivankova, Pauline Jolly, Russell Kirby, Herman
Foushee, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Drake Katongole, and John Ehiri.
“Experience of Sexual Violence among Women in HIV Discordant Unions
after Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing: A qualitative Critical Incident
Study in Uganda.” AIDS Care 21.11 (2009); 1363-70. EBSCOhost.Web. 28
Aug. 2014
• Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira. “Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda: A Glimpse
at the Abolition Process.” Journal of African Law 56.01 (2012): 139-50.
EBSCOhost. Web. 28 Aug. 2014
• Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira. “The Ugandan Customary Marriage (Registration)
Act: A Comment.” Journal of Third World Studies 30.1 (2013): 171-91.
EBSCOhost.Web. 28 Aug. 2014
