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Synergy in social service provision: Embeddedness and Complementarity in fighting HIV/AIDS in Uganda
(Africa Journal of Public Sector Development and Governance, 2018-10)
“Girls Have More Challenges; They Need to Be Locked Up”: A Qualitative Study of Gender Norms and the Sexuality of Young Adolescents in Uganda
(2018-01-24)
Unequal power and gender norms expose adolescent girls to higher risks of HIV, early
marriages, pregnancies and coerced sex. In Uganda, almost half of the girls below the age of 18 are
already married or pregnant, which ...
Adolescents’ Sexual Wellbeing in Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Body Image, Self-Esteem and Gender Equitable Norms
(International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018-02-22)
Measures of sexual wellbeing and positive aspects of sexuality in the World Health Organization definition for sexual health are rarely studied and remain poorly understood, especially among adolescents in Sub-Saharan ...
A Systematic Review of Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Experiences and Access to Services among Refugee, Migrant and Displaced Girls and Young Women in Africa
(International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018-07-26)
Adolescent girls and young women are an overlooked group within conflict- or disaster-affected populations, and their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs are often neglected. Existing evidence shows that forced ...
Sexual health of very young adolescents in South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional assessment of sexual knowledge and behavior
(Reproductive Health, 2018)
Background: In most Sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about young adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Though some efforts have been made to understand and improve SRH of older adolescents, very ...
Towards a Gendered Agro-Commodity Approach
(Journal of World-Systems Research, 2014)
Commodity or value chains are the dominant means to channel agro-food products from cultivators to consumers. Direct open markets are either non-existent or insignificant . These chains are also the main mechanisms for ...
The Refugee Dilemma: Refugee Rights versus State Security in Uganda
(Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 2013)
Refugees, who were traditionally conceived and presented as humanitarian issues, are now increasingly being viewed as security threats. The language of threat now dominates refugee discourse and policy making as well as ...
The Self Reliance Strategy and Refugee Livelihoods: Evidence from Oruchinga Refugee Settlement, South Western Uganda
(International Journal of Research In Social Sciences, 2014)
The self-reliance strategy in Uganda has very good aims of empowering refugees become self -reliant and reduce on their dependence on humanitarian agencies among other reasons. By focusing on Oruchinga refugee settlement, ...
Uganda and the refugee problem: challenges and opportunities
(African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 2019)
Uganda is one of the top refugee hosting countries in Africa and the world. It has been praised as a generous country with progressive refugee policies and laws that reflect the country’s national, regional and international ...
The effect of land conflicts on the livelihoods of refugees
(International journal, 2013)
The study that was carried out in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, South Western Uganda sought to establish the causes of land conflicts, assess the effect of land conflicts on the livelihoods of refugees and the implications ...