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Vulnerability, resilience, and integration of elderly South Sudanese refugees in Uganda: A Case study of Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district.
(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
(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.
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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. ... -
Respecting her international obligations? Analyzing Rwanda’s 2014 Law Relating to refugees
(Institute of Development Policy (IOB),, 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 ... -
IGAD and forced migration response in the Horn of Africa: Prospects and obstacles
(Institute of Development Policy (IOB),, 2023)The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has taken a role of responding to forced migration in the Horn of Africa where wars, conflicts and disasters have generated refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced ... -
Assuring Quality in Ugandan Universities During Covid-19
(Journal of Development, Education & Technology, 2023)The Corona Virus Pandemic sparked a crisis across many sectors of the economy. The virus led to the closure of many sectors including education. In Uganda, the education sector was closed for 22 months leaving many children ... -
Understanding pluralistic agriculture extension services through a social governance lens in Northern Uganda
(Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 2023)This study analyzed the relationship between smallholder farmers’ perceptions of pluralistic agricultural extension service and social governance. This was aimed at the identification of significant factors that improve ... -
The Trends and Magnitude of Tree Plantation Growing in Rural Communities of Kigezi Sub-region, South Western Uganda
(East African Journal of Forestry and Agroforestry, 2023)The study documents the trends and magnitude of tree plantation growth in the Kigezi Sub-region of South Western Uganda. In most developing countries, national governments have been promoting and supporting rural communities ... -
The Management of Social Tensions and Community Grievances in the Albertine Region of Uganda
(2020)The discovery of commercially viable oil deposits in the Albertine Graben in 2006 has negatively impacted local communities and consequently has led to numerous grievances (Holterman, 2014; NAPE, 2016; Ogwang, Vanclay and ... -
Resource-Financed Infrastructure: Thoughts on Four Chinese-Financed Projects in Uganda
(Sustainability, 2021)Increasingly common methods for financing public infrastructure in developing economies are Resources-for-Infrastructure (R4I) and Resource-Financed Infrastructure (RFI), usually involving Chinese financial institutions ... -
Research fatigue among Rwandan refugees in Uganda
(2019)During my doctoral research1 in 2009–13 with Rwandan refugees in Nakivale, one of Uganda’s oldest refugee settlements, I noted many expressions of research fatigue during interviews. Complaints about over research tend to ... -
Beyond the Cessation Clause: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda—From Refugees to East African Citizens?
(ASC-TUFS Working Papers, 2, 103-127., 2022)Since 2002, Uganda has been trying to find a durable solution to the Rwandan refugee issue without success. Despite various attempts at (in)voluntary repatriation, the majority refuse to return. Resettlement is not possible, ... -
The 2006 refugees act at 15 in Uganda- an Appraisal
(19 ISIL YB Int'l Human. & Refugee L., 18, 220., 2018)The Refugees Act was passed in 2006. It has been praised as a progressive law that meets international protection standards. However, after fifteen years, a number of gaps still exist. These gaps have existed since its ... -
Dynamics of women’s Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Rural household Food Security in Uganda
(Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 5(1), 4-31., 2021)Food security is a major concern of a global agenda as reflected in the UN Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations, 2000, 2016). Globally more than 2 billion people are food insecure and this situation is ...
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