SDGs – Auditing the SDGs
Elimination of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (EIPVW) linked to SDG 5.2
The world faced an unprecedented health, humanitarian, and economic crisis due to the global outbreak of COVID-19. Alongside this pandemic, a long-standing and pervasive issue — the shadow pandemic of violence against women — was further exacerbated.
As societies confronted the impacts of COVID-19, it became increasingly relevant for Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) to examine how the crisis affected efforts to eliminate violence against women.
Click below to read more about SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls).
SAI Uganda’s Audit on the Elimination of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (EIPVW)
In line with its commitment to supporting audits of SDG implementation and promoting gender equality, the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) supported the Office of the Auditor General of Uganda (SAI Uganda) in conducting a pilot audit on the Elimination of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (EIPVW).
The audit examined the government’s progress towards achieving nationally agreed targets for eliminating intimate partner violence, in line with SDG Target 5.2 — Eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. Its overall objective was to contribute to the elimination of intimate partner violence against women in Uganda.
Within this broader aim, the audit specifically sought to:
- Examine the impact of COVID-19 on intimate partner violence in Uganda; and
- Assess the government’s efforts to provide an effective, accountable, and inclusive institutional framework for eliminating intimate partner violence — particularly among women from vulnerable groups, such as women with disabilities and those living in poverty.
Watch Assistant Auditor General of SAI Uganda, Ms. Keto Kayemba, discuss why they are conducting this audit:
SAI Uganda and upcoming performance audit on Elimination of Intimate Partner Violence against Women
The audit framework was based on the pilot version of IDI’s SDGs Audit Model (ISAM 2020), which provided a structured approach for auditing SDG implementation, emphasizing a whole-of-government approach, policy coherence, multi-stakeholder engagement, and leave no one behind. After this and the other pilot audits, ISAM was updated and published as ISAM 2024.
