Uganda Refugee News - February 2024

Welcome to the 50th edition of URN covering publications and news from the February

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Sector specific:

Education:

• Research Gate - Exploring Stakeholders' Interventions in Addressing Gender Roles and Norms that Obstruct Refugee Women's Access to Higher Education: A Case of Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda

• SJ Education Research Africa - Peer group learning environment on performance of learners in Rhino camp refugees settlement, Madi-Okello District. A cross sectional study

• UNHCR - EHAGL Education Update: Regional overview (October-December 2023)

• We are tech Africa - Ethiopian Refugee Binyam Meles Champions IT and English Training in Uganda

• Windle International - Nakivale Refugee Settlement: 120 Learners in Windle International Uganda Supported Schools get First Grade in 2023 PLE 

• YouTube - (video) - “If I had a daughter” | Refugee teacher Rwamwanja refugee settlement (Uganda) on hopes for her child  

Environment & Energy:

• NTV - (Video) - Rwamwanja refugee settlement is being degraded

Health:

• BMC Women's Health - Lived experiences of refugee women with vaginal fistula in Nakivale and Oruchinga refugee settlements, Isingiro District, Uganda

• The Independent - CHOLERA: Screening starts at Uganda-South Sudan border

• Identifying the COVID-19 Transmission Channels on Poverty and Food Security in Refugee-Hosting Districts of Uganda

• Journal of Migration and Health - Exploring ecosocial contexts of alcohol use and misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: Multi-method findings

• Research Square - Use and non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy among Refugee HIV positive pregnant mothers aged 18-49 years in Kyangwali Refugee Camp,Western Uganda.

• Science Direct - Suspicious business: Covid-19 vaccination in Palabek refugee settlement, northern Uganda  

Livelihoods & Resilience:

• BNN - UN World Food Program Launches $15 Million Initiative in Uganda to Empower Refugees Towards Self-Reliance

• CGD/IRC - Designing a randomized controlled trial on livelihoods for refugees and hosts: the case of Re:Build in Kampala

• Inkomoko Supporting Communities to Thrive - 1 February 2024

• IPA - Can Aid Change Attitudes toward Refugees? Experimental Evidence from Microentrepreneurs in Urban Uganda

• The Journal of Development Studies - (pay for content) -

• Training Refugees: Lights and Shadows in the Context of the Self-Reliance Strategy Implemented in Uganda

• Economic Integration between Refugee Settlements and Host Communities

• Sociology of Sport Journal - Constructing Diaspora Space and Consciousness Through Sport and Livelihoods in Kampala, Uganda

• Xinhuanet - WFP launches self-reliance program for refugees in Uganda

• UNHCR - Improving Digital Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees: Using community-based workshops to co-create solutions

• Uganda Radio Network - Refugees to Support Themselves Under Self-Reliance Model

• Wiley - From humanitarian crisis to employment crisis: The lives and livelihoods of South Sudanese refugee health workers in Uganda  

Protection:

• Emerald Insight - (pay for access) - Viable justice: survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and/or torture amongst South Sudanese refugees living in settlements in Northern Uganda

• Examiner - Hidden Struggles: Empowering Women in Refugee Camps 

WASH

• Capital FM - France Prioritizes Water& Energy Sector Funding in Uganda

• Funds4NGOs - ECHO announces new Funding for Refugees and Host communities in Uganda

Other:

• AA - Fresh fighting in DR Congo pushes thousands of displaced people into Uganda

• Access Now - Private tech, humanitarian problems: how to ensure digital transformation does no harm

• Ayin Network - A new life in Kiryandango – Sudanese refugee stories

• BNN -

• Uganda's Refugee Policy at a Crossroads: Balancing Hospitality and Sustainability

• Uganda's Refugee Crisis: A Call for Unity and Collaborative Action

• Chimp Report - Museveni Grants Avocado Growing Investor 5 Square Miles of Refugee Camp Land

• EconPaper - The Costs Come before the Benefits: Why Donors Should Invest More in Refugee Autonomy in Uganda

• FAO - (video) -  In Uganda, refugees like Miriam find new hope. @FAO is working with Humanitarian Innovation Programme and IKEA Foundation to transform lives through agriculture and clean energy.

• FEWS-Net - Uganda Key Message Update: Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes persist for refugees despite favorable second season harvest, January 2024

• GiZ - Unpacking the effectiveness of the GIZ refugee program in West Nile, UGANDA!

• Global Compact - (video) - Participation of Refugees and Host Communities in Implementation at the District Level​

• GoU - Uganda Active Population by settlement: 31 January 2024

• GoU/UNHCR -

• Refugee Statistics January 2024 - Settlement & Urban Profiles

• Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan: Detailed planning (2024-2025)

• National Performance Snapshot Quarter 4 2023

• Operational Presence Quarter 4 2023

• RRP Funding Dashboard Q4 2023

• Refugee Statistics January 2024

• Refugee Statistics January 2024 - Settlement & Urban Profiles

• Refugee Statistics Map - January 2024

• Refugee Statistics January 2024 - Active Population by Settlement

• Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2022-23) Performance Dashboard - Quarter 4 2023 - Nakivale; Rwamwanja; Kyangwali; Kyaka II; Oruchinga; Imvepi; Kiryandongo; Adjumani; Bidi Bidi; Lobule; Palabek; Palorinya; Rhino

•  Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda - Uganda Refugee Response (31 January 2024)

• Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 31 January 2024

• The Independent -

• Uganda’s refugee programme needs more food – Hillary Onek

• Ugandan parliamentary committee calls for review of national refugee policy

• INcontext - (video) - Ugandan church anticipates refugee surge as violence in Easter DRC spikes

• Medium - Empowering Refugee Communities: A Journey Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Monitor - Refugee influx overwhelms Kyangwali Settlement Camp 

• New Vision - Parliament rejects report on refugees

• No 1 Citizen - South Sudanese refugee falls prey to thugs

• - (video) - More than 90,000 refugees have entered Uganda this year

• The Observer - S.Sudanese refugees in Uganda implored to voluntarily return home

• Oxfam - Refugee Led Organisations in Rhino refugee camp in Uganda improve quality of services

• PBS - (video) - Uganda now houses over 1 million South Sudanese refugees

• UNHCR -

• USA for UNHCR Announces Gene Dewey Refugee Award Winners - Nziyonvira is the Executive Director of CIYOTA, a refugee-led organization expanding access to education for refugees in Uganda. Muzaliwa is the founder of UNIDOS, a refugee-led organization using regenerative agriculture practices to help empower refugees at Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda

• EHAGL Operational Update October – December 2023

• University of Agder - Gender, Migration and Global Development - A case study of South Sudanese refugees in Kampala: The impact of forced migration on gender roles and relations within shifting institutions

• Vomuhabura - Refugee Influx to Uganda low despite fighting in Eastern DRC - Asiimwe said the Government is closely monitoring the events unfolding in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo where thousands of people are fleeing violence as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the M23 armed

• Xinhua - Ugandan parliamentary committee calls for review of national refugee policy

• YouTube -

• Mobile photography training, Imvepi refugee settlement, Terego District, West Nile, Uganda

• Refugees in Uganda

• Uganda Refugee Camp: South Sudanese people find refuge in Bidi Bidi

• African Village life in Refugee camp| Uganda

• The Voice of an African Refugee in Uganda

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, January 2024

• WFP/UNHCR/FAO - study on the Influence of Strategic Planning and Marketing on Private Sector Development in a Displacement Context - 1 February 2024