Department of Planning and governance

Against Self‑Refexive Confessions: Collective Dialogues to Progressively Transform Academic North–South Collaborations

Mertens, Kewan; Cely, Adriana Moreno; Nyakato, Viola N. (The European Journal of Development Research, 2024)

This paper introduces an approach to transform academic North–South collaborations. Critiquing entrenched dynamics in inter-university collaborations, we propose a methodology for unlearning colonial modes of thinking and ...

Respecting Her International Obligations? Analyzing Rwanda’s 2014 Law Relating to Refugees

Frank, Ahimbisibwe (Respecting Her International Obligations, 2023)

Rwanda enacted the 1966 Presidential Decree on the Reintegration of Refugees and later the 1984 Ministerial Decree on Identity Papers for Refugees as its first laws in dealing with refugees. However, the above decrees were ...

Challenges of deepening political commitment and long-term legitimacy in West African integration and the future of ECOWAS

Edodi, Sampson; Ahimbisibwe, Frank (Cogent Social Sciences, 2024)

Regional cooperation and integration are increasing globally with regional blocs working towards economic and political stability. in this paper, the non-situational concept of political commitment and the pathway of ...

Vulnerability, resilience, and integration of elderly South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: A Case study of Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district.

Opono, Samuel; Ahimbisibwe, Frank (Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy, 2024)

This policy brief is based on the research project financed as part of a grant from the Flemish Interuniversity council (VLIRUOS) under the broad theme: “Making Refugee Integration Sustainable: In Search of Durable Relations ...

The scale, forms and distribution of volunteering amongst refugee youth populations in Uganda

Fadel, Bianca; Smith, Matt Baillie; Mills, Sarah; Rogerson, Daniel; Sahasranaman, Aarti; Okech, Moses; Turyamureeba, Robert; Tukundane, Cuthbert; Ahimbisibwe, Frank; Boyle, Owen; Kanyandago, Peter (Population, Space and Place, 2024)

Geographies of volunteering have examined the relationships between people, places and forms of voluntary action, but there has been limited geographical scholarship on the scales, forms and distribution of volunteering ...

Protracted refugee situations and the shrinking durable solutions: could there be a ray of hope in local solutions.

Opono, Samuel; Ahimbisibwe, Frank (Cogent Social Sciences, 2024)

The phenomenon of protracted refugee situations and the conditions of refugees living in the same situation have renewed debates on durable refugee solutions. despite the international provision for durable refugee solutions, ...

Effect of women’s intra-household bargaining power on postnatal and infant healthcare in rural Uganda–Results from a cross sectional survey in Kyenjojo district

Kadengye, Damazo T.; Atahigwa, Catherine; Kampire, Pamela; Mucunguzi, Stephen; Kemigisha, Elizabeth; Nyakato, Viola N.; Kiwuwa-Muyingo, Sylvia (Midwifery, 2020)

Global estimates by the United Nations inter-agency group for child mortality show that as of 2017, under-ﬁve mortality rate had decreased by 58%, from an estimated rate of 93 deaths per 1000 liv births in 1990 to 39 deaths ...

Very young adolescent perceptions of growing up in rural southwest Uganda: Influences on sexual development and behavior

Nyakato, Viola N; Achen, Charlotte; Chambers, Destinie; Kaziga, Ruth; Ogunnaya, Zina; Wright, Maya; Kools, Susan (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2021)

Very young adolescents (VYAs) are at the beginning of major physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that will set the course for a lifetime of health risks or resilience and yet, they have been largely an invisible ...

Experiences of Sexuality Education Educators in Secondary Schools of Mbarara Municipality, Uganda

Atuhaire, Judith; Nyakato, Viola N.; Murembe, Neema Clemencia (Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024)

While schools in Uganda have sexuality education implementation programs in place, adolescents enrolled in school continue to have considerable concerns about sexuality. This indicates that there is still a gap in the ...

Contribution of Pluralistic Agriculture Extension Service Provision to Smallholder Farmer Resilience

Odongo, Hannington Jawoko; Opio, Alfonse; Mwesigye, Adrian; Bariyo, Rogers (Journal of Sustainable Development, 2023)

The paper examined the relationship between pluralistic agriculture extension systems and the socioeconomic resilience of smallholder farmers in northern Uganda. A categorical regression analysis was conducted on quantitative ...

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) among protracted refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda

Karooma, Cleophas; Murembe, Neema; Serwajja, Eria; Nakijoba, Veronica; Withaeckx, Sophie; Coene, Gily (2024-01)

Uganda’s refugee settlements are characterized by protracted refugees due to prolonged conflicts in neighbouring countries and the inability to find a lasting solution for the refugees. In these settlements, sexual and ...

Pregnant and abandoned: qualitative assessment of COVID-19 pandemic educational challenges faced by pregnant college students in Uganda

Nyakato, Viola Nilah; Kemigisha, Elizabeth; Mugabia, Faith; Namatovua, Shakillah; Michielsen, Kristien; Kools, Susan (Gender and Education, 2023)

Early marriage and pregnancy hinder global commitment to attain gender parity in education. This article discusses educational challenges experienced by parenting college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. ...