GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILEUGANDAMEASURESPOLICE FAMILY PROTECTION UNITS
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Police Family Protection Units
Type of Measure
Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
1998
Brief Description

The Child and Family Protection Unit established May 1998 was the result of increased reports of violence against children and women and the need for police to sensitively and professionally handle the violations.

Source of Information
Response of the Government of Uganda to the questionnaire on Beijing +15, 2009
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