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Policies and Practices Towards Women's Empowerment: Policy advocacy by Gender focused NGOs and the realities of grassroots women in Uganda
(University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2001-08)This is an exploratory study that sought to analyze the causes of the gaps between the policy advocacy work of gender focussed NGOs at the national level and the realities of the grassroots women in Uganda. The study was ... -
Revisiting impediments to women’s land decision-making Processes in Uganda
(2012)Decision-making for women is a necessary condition for them to participate in various aspects of their social lives as individuals. Demand for women to participate in land decision-making processes is justifiable considering ... -
Collateral damage during armed conflict: inevitable or a rule of the game?
(2011)This article discusses the concept of collateral damage. Under international humanitarian law, collateral damage is generally understood to mean the unintentional or incidental damage affecting facilities, equipment, or ... -
No Peace, No War: Protection of Civilians in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
(2017)Africa’s Great Lakes Region (GLR) has experienced protracted armed conflicts with severe humanitarian consequences. The dynamics of armed conflicts are often complex and their epicentre shifts from one locus to another, ... -
Assessment of Somali refugees’ wellbeing: the centrality of human needs.
(2015-09)There is a substantial body of literature on psychological wellbeing of refugees in psychology, especially in relation to refugee acculturation. However, very little research has been carried out on refugee wellbeing by ... -
Uganda’s Vision 2040 and Human Needs Promotion
(2015-10)In 2013 the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched Uganda’s Vision 2040, a thirty-year development master plan which has received both praise and criticism from Ugandans. Although Vision 2040 has received both ...