Sexual Rights Defenders Network is an association of defenders (Women, women’s groups and organizations) working to promote and advance sexual rights in Uganda.
Sexual rights address a wide range of issues related to sexuality and gender, and often intersect with several other human rights.
Under international human rights law, all persons have the right to control and decide freely on matters related to their sexuality; to be free from violence, coercion, or intimidation in their sexual lives; to have access to sexual and reproductive health careinformation, education, and services; and to be protected from discrimination based on the exercise of their sexuality. These are known as human rights related to sexuality, or simply, sexual rights, and the government of Uganda is required to respect, protect, and fulfill these basic human rights.
Respect: The state must refrain from interfering with or limiting the enjoyment of human rights.
Protect: The state must protect individuals and groups against human rights abuses.
Fulfill: The State must take positive action to facilitate the enjoyment of basic human rights.
Our Vision
Our Mission
SERIDNET is well-placed to carry out this work as one of few groups
seeking to advance a broad range of sexual rights from an intersectional and feminist perspective.
SERIDNET also aims at creating a political space for advocacy on sexual rights by adopting feminist principles, bridging different perspectives and incorporating diverse views. We acknowledge that different kinds of power exist and are at play in all our interactions and strive to provide all actors with equal and genuine opportunities for decision-making, engagement, and visibility.
Advocacy
We do advocacy to advance policies that will promote the health and rights of womenand
Raising awareness on Sexual Rights
We implement media campaigns to raise awareness on Sexual Rights. This is because Sexual rights