Uganda just like other countries is grappling with Gender Based Violence (GBV). Whereas Uganda scores highly in enacting gender responsive laws and policies including ratification and domestication of key human rights instruments to curb GBV such as the Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); 1995 Constitution and Domestic Violence Act (2010) as well as setting up law enforcement agencies and structures such as the Police and the Judiciary to better respond and handle GBV, the vice remains rampant

On 23rd October 2020, LASPNET convened its 11th Annual General Meeting at Hotel Africana in which a new governing Board of Directors for the year 2020-2022 was elected. The General Assembly is the highest policy organ of the Network, and is convened each calendar year. It was a hybrid event with both physical and virtual participation. A total of 74 (42 Male: 32 Female) participants who included LASPNET members and Staff of the Network attended the AGM.

LASPNET with its partners Barefoot Law, JLOS, HiiL and with funding support from the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) convened the second Legal Aid Innovations Conference (LAICON 2) on 22nd October 2020 at Mestil Hotel. This was a build up to the inaugural Legal Aid Innovations Conference held on 7th and 8th September 2017

On 25th June 2020, LASPNET formally welcomed on board a new Development Partner - the International Development Law Organization (IDLO). IDLO is the only inter-governmental organization exclusively devoted to promoting the rule of law.