Dilemmas of Child “Sacrifice and Mutilation” in Uganda: Meanings, Causes, and Explanations

Bukuluki, Paul; Fellows, Simon M.; Luwangula, Ronald

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48535-5_9

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“…The plant roots of Annona stenophylla were collected from Mazowe District in Harare, Zimbabwe GPS coordinates were latitude 17 ° 24 14.25 Southings and longitude 30 ° 41 36.13 Eastings, using guidelines for sustainable harvesting of traditional medicinal plants in Zimbabwe23,24. Identification and authentication was done with the aid of a botanist from the National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Zimbabwe, and a voucher specimen tagged (2540) was kept for reference.…”

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Annona stenophylla aqueous extract stimulate glucose uptake in established C2Cl2 muscle cell lines

Taderera¹,

Chagonda²,

Gomo³

et al. 2019

Afr H. Sci.

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BackgroundAnnona stenophylla is a folk medicine popularly used in Zimbabwe for the treatment of many ailments. This study was carried out to determine some of the possible anti diabetic mechanisms of its action using in vitro cell culturing methods.MethodsA. stenophylla's effects on glucose uptake were tested using muscle cells (C2Cl2). Expression of glucose 4 transporters was determined by treating cell lines with plant extract. Total RNA was isolated and using RT-PCR, GLUT 4 expression levels were quantified. Translocation of GLUT 4 was assessed using FITC fluorescence measured by flow cytometry.ResultsTreatment of cells with plant extract significantly increased glucose uptake in a concentration dependent manner, with the highest concentration (250 µg/ml) giving 28% increased uptake compared to the negative control. The increase in glucose uptake (2.5 times more than control) was coupled to increase in GLUT 4 mRNA and subsequently GLUT 4 translocation. Wortmannin expunged the A. stenophylla induced increase in GLUT 4 mRNA and glucose uptake.ConclusionThe results suggest that A. stenophylla aqueous extract increases glucose uptake partly through increasing the GLUT 4 mRNA and translocation potentially acting via the PI-3-K pathway. This study confirms the ethnopharmacological uses of A. stenophylla indicating potential for anti-diabetic products formulation.

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Annona stenophylla aqueous extract stimulate glucose uptake in established C2Cl2 muscle cell lines

Taderera¹,

Chagonda²,

Gomo³

et al. 2019

Afr H. Sci.

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“…Child trafficking and child sacrifice are serious issues (Bukuluki 2009). The Anti-human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force in Uganda claims that 3,000 children disappear annually; some of these children might be sacrificed (Bukuluki, Fellows, and Luwangula 2017).…”

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Child Protection Practices and Attitudes of Faith Leaders Across Senegal, Uganda, and Guatemala

Jailobaeva¹,

Diaconu

Ager

et al. 2021

The Review of Faith & International Affairs

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ackling violence against children is the focus of sub-goal 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Relative to the previous Millennium Development Goals, the SDG agenda puts a stronger emphasis on child and youth development looking beyond children's access to basic services to children attaining their human potential. Violence against children is increasingly recognized as one of the key barriers to this goal (Raikes et al. 2017). Globally, one billion children are subject to violence every year, 9 in 10 children reside in countries where corporal punishment is not fully prohibited, and 120 million girls have been victims of sexual violence (End Violence Against Children 2020). The Global Partnership to End Violence against Children illustrates the coming together of diverse stakeholders on this agenda. It currently convenes over 360 organizations, including UN agencies, governments, multilateral agencies, civil society and faith organizations, the private sector, foundations, academics, and independent experts (End Violence Against Children 2020). However, the development of national child protection systems has to date generally been premised on a top-down approach by

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“…Numerous studies have been conducted about various aspects of VAC including its causes (Balume Johnson, 2020;Bukuluki et al, 2017;Ezekiel et al, 2017;Font & Maguire-Jack, 2021), children's experiences of VAC (Nyangoma et al, 2019), and the repercussions of VAC on children and families (Copeland et al, 2021;Fernandes de Magalhães et al, 2020). However, apart from Roygardner et al (2020), there is a dearth of studies on the role of community-led initiatives in reducing VAC.…”

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“…In this paper, we describe a project, conducted in 2016 and 2017 by AfriChild Centre in partnership with Lango Child and Community Development Federation (LACCODEF), that adopted PLA approaches to implement and scale up positive parenting practices in Barr sub-county in Lira District. This project was conducted to fill the gap left by previous research findings (Bukuluki et al, 2017;Nyangoma et al, 2019), which were not focused on using positive parenting as a strategy to reduce VAC. The study aimed at building on existing positive parenting practices in the community, with the full engagement and leadership of community members.…”

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Scaling Up Positive Parenting Practices in Uganda: Research Evidence From an Integrated Community-Led Initiative for Reducing Violence Against Children in Lira District, Northern Uganda

Amollo

Apota²,

Bangirana³

et al. 2022

IJCYFS

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Community-based action research is increasingly gaining traction in development work, partly because of its benefits in contextualizing societal problems and “handing over the stick” to the communities; that is, researchers listen, question, and learn as the experts (the community members) identify their problems and define the change they desire. This research approach, therefore, empowers communities and is a shift from traditional research where the researcher presupposes that deductions about a phenomenon are to be made outside the natural environment. This research paper documents the use of participatory learning and action approaches in designing, implementing, and monitoring interventions to prevent violence against children in post-conflict northern Uganda, a region that suffered through the Lord’s Resistance insurgency from 1987 to 2006.

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Dilemmas of Child “Sacrifice and Mutilation” in Uganda: Meanings, Causes, and Explanations

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Annona stenophylla aqueous extract stimulate glucose uptake in established C2Cl2 muscle cell lines

Annona stenophylla aqueous extract stimulate glucose uptake in established C2Cl2 muscle cell lines

Child Protection Practices and Attitudes of Faith Leaders Across Senegal, Uganda, and Guatemala

Scaling Up Positive Parenting Practices in Uganda: Research Evidence From an Integrated Community-Led Initiative for Reducing Violence Against Children in Lira District, Northern Uganda

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