We are dedicated to challenging the existing societal injustices, human suffering, and as such ensuring justice and equality of all
ADVOCACY
For any long term systemic change to happen, policy framework and policy input is necessary otherwise civil society intervention largely end up as reactionary process without long term impact. It is with this objective in mind My Own Kind is bound to get in
to advocacy work lobbying for policy changes at the state, national and international levels. LEGAL ADVOCACY
Adequate and strong legislations play a pivotal role in addressing an organized crime. As trafficking, enslavement, deprivation are organized crimes and the victims thereof subjected to inhuman conditions it was very strongly felt that for effective convictions there is a need for a Victim Protection Act. Through written petitions and public interest litigations in various High Courts in Uganda victim friendly options such as video conferencing, rehabilitation options will to have be achieved. Trafficking, enslavement, deprivation are a violation of several human rights - among them, the very right to life, the right to liberty and security of person, the right to freedom from torture or cruelty, inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to a home and family, the right to education and proper employment, the right to health care – everything that makes for a life with dignity.Today, s*x trafficking and enslavement of women and children is one of the fastest growing areas of national and international criminal activity. It has created a complex criminal network - at times, with the patronage of those in power. Lack of suitable laws and law enforcement machinery add to the problem. POLICY ADVOCACY
The first response to a problem like s*x trafficking, enslavement, deprivation by any government is denial. It takes a lot of lobbying efforts to push the government to accept and acknowledge the problem. To make the problem of s*x trafficking, enslavement, deprivation among other offenses visible an action research on inter region, state s*x trafficking, enslavement, deprivation has to be done. This study should bring to light the extent and magnitude of inter-region, state s*x trafficking, enslavement, deprivation. Governments' owning up responsibility and taking up 'arms' makes such studies of huge impact on the minds of people. Hundreds of thousands of young adults and children are traded for flesh trade in the guise of jobs, marriage, film roles, modeling and love. More often than not these traders of human misery are not strangers to the victims. Criminal conspiracy to exploit human vulnerability is at the core of human trafficking.Trafficking in women and children is one of the worst forms of violation of human rights - a form of modern day slavery where the victim is subjected to violence, violation of personal integrity and total humiliation, without any hope of succor. The victim of such devastating violence may also end up with life threatening HIV/AIDS or a lifetime of trauma and personality disintegration. As a consequence and for more strict enforcement of laws and policy, regions or states in the country must formulate and evolve an anti-trafficking, enslavement & deprivation policy. Similarly through tremendous lobbying efforts a collective attempt has to be made with partner child rights organizations and UNICEF to bring in co-management of regional/state governments in-charge so as to improve the conditions of government in-charge. Various other police level advocacy is done to bring in rescue protocol and a minimum standards of care guidelines.
