Uganda Refugee News Edition 3: March 2020

Welcome to Edition 3

I know that things are difficult for everyone at the moment and no doubt for some work has slowed whereas for others work has and will increase exponentially. The good news is that, despite the difficult times, this newsletter can continue! This month, I have made a conscious decision not to include any coronavirus related information, for two reasons, firstly there is so much it would be overwhelming and secondly because you are probably inundated with this information already and the idea of this newsletter is to identify and share research and information you may not be easily coming across. Submissions are extremely welcome – please send to Ugandrefugeenews@gmail.com and wherever possible, they will be included in the next version. To sign up - please click here

Sector specific:

Education:

• FMR - Feasible measurement of learning in emergencies: lessons from Uganda - https://www.fmreview.org/sites/fmr/files/FMRdownloads/en/education-displacement/dsa-krupar-westrope.pdf

• NEW - UNHCR Education Thematic Report-December 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/74486

Environment:

• Mapping of climate smart programming in refugee hosting districts in Uganda - https://agenparl.eu/mapping-of-climate-smart-programming-in-refugee-hosting-districts-in-uganda/

Health:

• NEW - Association between stigma and depression among urban refugees in Mbarara Municipality, Southwestern Uganda - Depression is one of the most frequent mental disorders experienced by refugee populations ... In Uganda, the prevalence of mental disorders among urban refugees in general remains unknown and there is little epidemiological data to inform practice and policy in relation to the refugees’ mental health needs in urban areas. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340190097_Association_between_stigma_and_depression_among_urban_refugees_in_Mbarara_Municipality_Southwestern_Uganda/fulltext/5e7cdadca6fdcc139c08a99b/Association-between-stigma-and-depression-among-urban-refugees-in-Mbarara-Municipality-Southwestern-Uganda.pdf

• LSTM - The need to focus on primary health care in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts- https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/blogs/the-need-to-focus-on-primary-healthcare-in-uganda%E2%80%99s-refugee-hosting-districts

• Uganda’s experience in Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness, 2018–2019 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-020-00548-5

Livelihood

• Extreme Exclusion and Relative Deprivation in Subsistence Marketplaces: A Study in a Refugee Settlement in Nakivale, Uganda - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joca.12296

• New lives, new tools: The financial lives of refugee communities - http://fsduganda.or.ug/new-lives-new-tools-the-financial-lives-of-refugee-communities/

Protection

• NEW - UNHCR Sexual and Gender Based Violence Thematic Report-December 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/74488

• NEW - UNHCR Legal and Physical Protection Thematic Report-December 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/74489

• NEW - UNHCR Community Based Protection Thematic Report-December 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74491

• NEW - UNHCR Child Protection Thematic Report-December 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74487

• MDPI - South Sudanese Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture: Health and Justice Service Responses in Northern Uganda https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/5/1685/pdf

• JICA-RI - The Variety of People in Refugee Settlements, Gender and GBV: The Case of South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda - this paper looks at the variety that make up a settlement and how this affects the relationship between aid and refugees and how refugees view both gender and GBV. Various kinds of relationships between staff, incentive workers, and refugees have developed within the settlements, These have made the refugee/staff boundaries ambiguous and have influenced the understanding of gender and GBV among refugees. However, refugees also have their own social space that is inaccessible to aid workers. Field study was in Adjumani. https://jicari.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=1044&item_no=1&page_id=15&block_id=22

WASH

• Access to Functional Handwashing Facilities and Associated Factors among South Sudanese Refugees in Rhino Camp Settlement, Northwestern Uganda - There is limited information about access to functional handwashing facilities in settlements and associated factors. This study found that access to functional handwashing facilities among the refugee households was low and highlights the need for more and continued handwashing promotional programs, especially among newly arrived refugees in the camp. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2020/3089063/

• Factors associated with adherence to safe water chain practices among refugees in Pagirinya refugee settlement, Uganda - Little is known about the level of adherence to safe water chain and associated factors, especially in emergency settings. This study found that there is a need for awareness campaigns on safe water chain maintenance among refugees without any formal education. Constructing more water sources would also minimize round travel time during water collection and enable households to collect sufficient water that enables hygienic water storage and use. https://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/doi/10.2166/wh.2020.230/73223/Factors-associated-with-adherence-to-safe-water

Other:

• NEW - World Bank From Isolation to Integration : The Borderlands of the Horn of Africa - https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33513/The-Borderlands-of-the-Horn-of-Africa.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

• NEW - FORMAL SETTLEMENT VS EMERGENCY CAMP - Different refugee residence approaches in Uganda and South Sudan - http://sihma.org.za/reports/Palabek%20Report%20Final%20Edit.pdf

• NEW - UNHCR Urban Response Thematic Report-December 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74490

• NEW - Uganda's revised CRRF roadmap - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74394

• NEW - CRRF Annual Report 2019 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74395

• NEW - Money Talks 2 Report - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74412

• NEW - CRRF Story Book - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74396

• NEW - Global refugee forum 2019 report - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74399

• NEW - UNICEF Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report No. 2 - February 2020 - https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/unicef-uganda-humanitarian-situation-report-no-2-february-2020

• Driven by Hunger, South Sudanese Refugees Slip Back into Homeland - reductions in land plots and meager food stipends are forcing refugees to re-enter dangerous territory in the hunt for viable land. https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/uganda/driven-hunger-south-sudanese-refugees-slip-back-homeland/

• UNHCR - DRC RRP Jan 2020-Dec 2021 - The 2020-2021 Regional Refugee Response Plan for the DRC situation is covering the inter-agency response in the countries of asylum for Congolese refugees neighbouring the DRC: Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda andZambia. By the end of 2020, RRP partners aim to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection to 912,069 Congolese refugees. Report: https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/democratic-republic-congo-regional-refugee-response-plan-january-0 Summary: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74426

• Saferworld - Competition and cooperation: challenges and opportunities for refugees in Adjumani District, Uganda - reflects upon the challenges that refugees face in terms of access to employment, land and natural resources, and how the roles of women and men have changed in response to the complexities of their new situations. https://www.saferworld.org.uk/resources/news-and-analysis/post/859-competition-and-cooperation-challenges-and-opportunities-for-refugees-in-adjumani-district-uganda

• GSMA- Uganda: A progressive regulatory directive eases refugees’ access to mobile services - this report details the policy environment prior to change, the series of steps and events that culminated in the policy shift, the actors and their roles, the success factors and the impact that the change has had on the lives of refugees in Uganda - https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Uganda_Case_Study_Web_Spreads.pdf

• US State Dept - 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Uganda - (see F. PROTECTION OF REFUGEES) - https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/uganda/

• Historical lessons on gender norm change, with case studies from Uganda and Nepal - This briefing paper uses a long-view lens to draw on both global statistics and in-depth case studies in Uganda and Nepal undertaken with women, including professional women of all ages and some men, to reflect on progress for women over the past 50 years in these two countries. https://www.alignplatform.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/align_lessons_briefing_paper_-_web.pdf

• Building Blocks and Challenges for the Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees in Africa - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2331502420908247

• UNHCR - Refugee influx dashboard - Joint Border Monitoring - Feb 2020 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74602

• UNHCR - Uganda Settlement Profile - Feb 2020 Adjumani, Bidi Bidi, Rwamwanja, Nakivale, Oruchinga, Kiryandongo, Palabek, Kyaka II, Imvepi, Palorinya, Kyangwali, Lobule, Rhino

• UNHCR - Uganda Urban caseload profile - Feb 2020 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74470

• UNHCR - Uganda refugee statistics dashboard - Feb 2020 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74456

• UNHCR - Uganda active population by settlement - Feb 2020 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74603

• UNHCR - refugee and asylum seeker statistics map - Feb 2020 - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74446

• UNHCR Uganda January 2020 Factsheet - https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/74400

• UNHCR Regional Update for DRC Dec 2019, South Sudan and Burundi Jan-Feb 2020

Events etc

• Symposium on Migration 2020: Current and Future Prospects in the Horn of Africa - 6 – 7 May Nairobi https://blogs.soas.ac.uk/ref-hornresearch/2020/03/03/migration-2020-call-for-papers/

• Conference call: Preparing Africa for a coronavirus spread — the role of NGOs - streamed online https://www.devex.com/news/conference-call-preparing-africa-for-a-coronavirus-spread-the-role-of-ngos-96636

• Panel Discussion: Enhancing refugee self-reliance - 21 April 18:00 – 19:30 BST - Panellists: Refugee speakers as experts by experience. Chair: Dr Tania Kaiser - Her research interests are in forced migration in Africa (general), in East Africa, in West Africa, Culture & Society in Uganda. Internal conflict in Uganda. Conflict in S. Sudan. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discussion-enhancing-refugee-self-reliance-tickets-78608765935?aff=erelexpmlt

• Call for submissions - n ending immigration detention of children and seeking adequate reception and care for them. UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Deadline 20 April https://www.ohchr.org/en/Issues/Migration/SRMigrants/Pages/CallEndingImmigrationDetentionChildren.aspx

• Thematic webinar on measuring local integration and self-reliance - June 2020. For more information contact Shezane (s.kirubi@regionaldss.org).

• Thematic webinar on private sector engagement in forced displacement contexts - May 2020. For more information contact Shezane (s.kirubi@regionaldss.org).

Featured report:

Gender and displacement: South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda

This new report from Saferworld looks at how displacement caused by violent conflict has affected the gender roles of South Sudanese refugees in Adjumani in northern Uganda. It documents how the roles of refugee and host community men and women have changed and the impact this has had on their decision-making power at home and in the community where they live, as well as on local conflict dynamics. It analyses this in the context of access to land and other livelihood opportunities, and considers related conflicts and conflict resolution processes both within and between refugee and host communities. In light of this analysis, the report assesses the implications for conflict- and gender-sensitive refugee programming. https://www.saferworld.org.uk/downloads/gender-and-displacement.pdf (Disclaimer: the editor of this newsletter was involved in this report