Connected learning is frequently portrayed as a promising avenue for delivering tertiary education in contexts marked by fragility, violence, and forced displacement (e.g. Dushime, Manirafasha & Mbonyinshuti 2019).
This paper explores the gendered nature of access to justice among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’s settlements. It draws on qualitative research conducted in the three refugee hosting districts of Lamwo, Adjumani and Kiryandongo, between July and September 2021, including 73 individual interviews and groups discussions with a range of officials and refugees.
A critical review of ‘recovery’ and ‘development’ in post-war northern Uganda some half-decade after the multi-million dollar implementation of the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) is timely and can contribute to maximizing the dividends of ‘peace’ in such a post-war context.
According to WHO data, currently, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected over 213 countries and territories around the world, and as at the 13th of July 2020, there have been over 12.3 million confirmed cases and 556,335 confirmed deaths globally.2 Since the elevation of COVID-19 to pandemic status by the WHO, States around the globe have swung into action in efforts to combat the spread of the virus and flatten the curve of infections.
This paper explores whether a systematic approach to screening for experiences of violence (sexual, physical and psychological) is possible in a range of humanitarian settings (just arrived and longer-term, rural and urban) and, if so, what kinds of levels of disclosure are found, what are some of the factors influencing disclosure positively and negatively, and what might be the cost of addressing the most urgent needs.
This paper reflects an innovative collaboration between the Refugee Law Project and the International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. It addresses an issue of growing concern to gender activists, human rights and humanitarian actors,as well as governments, namely:
- FROM ARID ZONES INTO THE DESERT: The Uganda National IDP Policy Implementation 2004-2012.
- AMMBIGUOUS IMPACTS: Effects of the International Criminal Court Investigations in Northern Uganda
- PARTIAL JUSTICE: Formal and Informal Justice Mechanisms in Post Conflict West Nile
- "GIVING OUT THEIR DAUGHTERS FOR THEIR SURVIVAL”: Refugee Self-Reliance, 'Vulnerability', and the Paradox of Early Marriage
