Perceived changing social standards and cultural norms indicate power dynamics which is a primary cause of violence carried out against women.
Refugee women in Uganda are uniquely subjugated as they have the least access to gaining social or monetary capital.
[4] In 2011, the Demographic and Health Survey recorded that nearly one out of three women in rural Uganda had been physically violated (punched, kicked, dragged, burnt, strangled, or threatened with weapons).
Women's political power is severely restricted due to strict customary and statutory laws (this is the case across Sub-Saharan Africa).
However, due to insufficient resources (both economically and in infrastructure), female refugees are unable to effectively assimilate into Ugandan society.
[7] Due to the novel COVID-19, women in Uganda are often confined to their homes where they are more exposed to violence perpetuated against them by their partners, with no social networks to rely on.
In addition, the lockdown prevented women from leaving their homes to go to their jobs, run their businesses, attend social gatherings, etc.
For example, women who fail to properly execute household tasks are often subject to abuse from their partners and other male family members.
[12] To that end, modernization (changing economic and social conditions) combined with increasing women's participation in the labor force creates uncertainty and threatens existing gender structures.
Uganda has an exceptionally low contraceptive rate at 23% and induced abortions make up 15-30% of maternal deaths.