Responses to Child Sacrifice in Uganda

Byansi, Peter K.; Kafuko, Agatha; Wandega, Anselm; Bukuluki, Paul

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Abstract:

This paper reflects on the various interventions and responses that were mounted in response to the problem of child sacrifice. The paper asks and seeks answers to three basic questions: What were the civil society and government responses to the problem of child sacrifice How were the civil society and government interventions implemented, coordinated, funded, and monitored How adequate and sustainable were the interventions initiated

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Periodical:

International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 41)

Pages:

78-91

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.41.78

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P. K. Byansi et al., "Responses to Child Sacrifice in Uganda", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 41, pp. 78-91, 2014

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September 2014

Authors:

Peter K. Byansi, Agatha Kafuko, Anselm Wandega, Paul Bukuluki

Keywords:

Child Protection, Child Sacrifice, Interventions, Service Delivery

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