Problematic Provisions in NDP III

 

Uganda’s (National Development Plan) NDP III is infiltrated with problematic and controversial terms that are points of contention between the liberal western world and conservative countries in UN negotiations.

The NDP III has aspires to Increase access to Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Rights (Pg 175), which according to (WHO, 2015) Sexual Health, Human Rights and the Law ,  has proved to be a trojan horse for Abortion, Homosexuality, Prostitution among others. See  Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) , Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

NDP III also mentions sexual and reproductive health information and services (Pg 170), information on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) (Pg 165) , which are useful euphemisms for, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, which according to stopCSE.org, has  Harmful Concepts such as teaching  children to masturbate, homosexuality ,  abortion,    condoms to children,    disrespect for parents and religious and cultural values among others. See  The War on Children

Some ambiguous terms included gender mainstreaming (Pg 84), gender-based violence (Pg 88, Pg 176, Pg 187, Pg 188), gender sensitive (Pg 110), gender response (Pg 113), gender inequality (Pg 172, Pg 176, Pg 186), and Gender equality (Pg 176, Pg 176) among others.

 

How “Gender” Terms are Often Used or Interpreted:

•  “gender-sensitive” = LGBT-sensitive
• “gender-based violence” = LGBT-based violence

 

Gender-based violence” has been defined to encompass denial of abortion and violence against LGBT people e.g In General Comment 35 on gender-based violence, the CEDAW Committee declared the “criminalization of abortion” to be a form of “gender-based violence”

The UN Women FAQs  on types of violence against women and girls states  “The term [gender-based violence] is also sometimes used to describe targeted violence against LGBTQI+ populations, when referencing violence related to norms of masculinity/femininity and/or gender norms.”

The state of Oregon in the U.S. defines “gender sensitive” as Materials and instruction strategies that is sensitive to individual’s similarities and differences regarding gender role, gender identity and/or sexual orientation.

For the sake of our children, Let's demand any and all provisions to such controversial Terms to be deleted from not only the NDP but also all Public Policies.

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