Welcome to Edition 7
As the impact of the pandemic continues, so too Uganda's refugee response continues. Resilient as ever, refugees appear to be coping with the enforced changes but funding - a perennial problem - becomes even harder to source just as the situation in Eastern DRC worsens with reports of new incidents of violence on a regular basis and at the same time South Sudan's peace is being tested. The sliver of good news in an otherwise sorry state of affairs is that despite the limitations on travel and general movement globally, research and news on the refugee response in Uganda continues to be produced and so this newsletter can continue to share this with you all. The eagle eyed among you will spot a wee format change - instead of separately including the webpage of each piece, I have taken to making the title of the piece a hyperlink. To me, it looks tidier and takes up less room, so I hope you approve. Feedback (and submissions) are extremely welcome – please send to Ugandrefugeenews@gmail.com and please feel free to share the newsletter with anyone you think might be interested - they can sign up by clicking here
Sector specific:
Education:
Environment
Journal of Migration and Development - An assessment of economic and environmental impacts of refugees in Nakivale
CIFOR Podcast - Why the energy and food nexus is critical in refugee context
Health:
NEW - COVID-19 and forced displacement in the Middle East and East Africa - This background paper presents considerations on how the COVID-19 pandemic is accentuating existing vulnerabilities of populations forcibly displaced by war, in settings across East Africa and the Middle East. In addition to the devastating health threat the pandemic poses, lockdown measures imposed by governments to reduce transmission are having outsized effects on forcibly displaced populations, further entrenching poverty, xenophobia and creating new humanitarian protection issues.
MC - Contextual factors associated with depression among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda: findings from a cross-sectional study - this study explored the prevalence of depression among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala and associations with symbolic (violence), relational (social support), and material (food and community insecurity) contexts
IDS - Operational Considerations: COVID-19 and Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa - This summary paper puts forward considerations of the ways in which humanitarian actors, civil society organisations and government departments with specific responsibilities towards displaced people can contribute to lessening vulnerabilities in this pandemic.
SSHAP - COVID-19 and forced displacement in the Middle East and East Africa - This background paper, based on a rapid review of existing literature and personal communication with humanitarian actors, social scientists and representatives of local organisations, presents considerations on how the COVID-19 pandemic is accentuating existing vulnerabilities of populations forcibly displaced by war (refugees, asylum-seekers, internally-displaced and stateless persons), across East Africa and the Middle East
Neonatal Mortality Burden and Trends in UNHCR Refugee Camps, 2006-2017: A Retrospective Analysis - 150 refugee camps in 21 countries (including Uganda) were included in this study. Annual country-level refugee camp neonatal mortality rates (NMR) ranged from 12 to 56 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births. In most countries and years where national population-based surveys are available, refugee camp NMR as reported in the UNHCR HIS was lower than that of the immediate host community
Global Health - Menstrual Hygiene Management in the Context of Displacement: Challenges and Next Steps - pg 65 - This article sheds light on the issue of MHM in the context of displacement, outlining the unique challenges displaced women and girls face in achieving adequate MHM. It explores existing literature and provides recommendations for further action.
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies - Practice Note: Menstrual Health Management in Humanitarian Settings - Using Uganda and Nepal as case studies, this practice note probes how menstrual health is approached in different contexts and at different stages—comparing urgent response after a sudden onset disaster to protracted crises. The authors discuss how interventions can be made sustainable beyond the short-term ‘kit culture’ response; they highlight experiences with more developmental approaches involving policy support, community participation, capacity building, and the use of products that are economically and environmentally sustainable.
Barriers and facilitators for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in refugee contexts globally: A scoping review - this is a scoping review to identify and synthesise the literature on perceived barriers and facilitators to SRHR among young refugees and interventions created to address their needs. Findings highlight that while young refugees experience similar barriers to SRHR as other young people, many of these barriers are exacerbated by the refugee context. The limited number of publications and evidence on interventions underlines the immediate need to invest in and evaluate SRHR interventions in refugee contexts.
Secure Livelihoods - The mental landscape of post-conflict life in northern Uganda Part 1: Research on behaviour and post-conflict life in northern Uganda – the research design; Part 2: Defining the mental landscape; Part 3: Rethinking collaboration and good behaviour; Part 4: Rethinking inclusion and fairness; Part 5: Rethinking idleness, risk‑taking and agency
Global Citizen - How Refugees in Uganda's Nakivale Settlement Are Fighting COVID-19
South Sudanese refugees in Uganda face overwhelming odds against COVID-19
UNHCR - Uganda COVID-19 response bi-monthly update, 06 July 2020
UNHCR Uganda COVID-19 response bi-monthly update, 21 July 2020
DRC - Multisector needs assessment: COVID-19 situation in Uganda (May 2020)
Livelihoods
NEW - Grit, Skills and Luck: Examining the Financial Lives of Refugees in Uganda -
ULearn/WFP - Market Monitor - Refugee Hosting Areas | Refugee Settlement Price and Market Functionality Snapshot :1-14 July 2020; 15-30 June 2020
UNHCR - Livelihoods and Resilience Sector: June 2020 Meeting Documents
World Vision Webinar - VisionFund’s Refugee Microfinance Programme in West Nile, Uganda: One Year On
CGDev, IRC, RI - Locked Down and Left Behind: The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees’ Economic Inclusion
Protection
Fuel to the fire: The escalating interplay of attachment and maltreatment in the transgenerational transmission of psychopathology in families living in refugee camps - this study looks at Burundian refugees in Tanzania, but the findings are likely to be relevant to the Uganda setting, hence its inclusion. The findings suggest a vicious cycle, wherein an insecure attachment to a mother suffering from psychopathology may be linked to children's risk to be maltreated, which may reinforce insecure representations and perpetuate the pathogenic relational experience. Interventions targeting the attachment relationship and parental mental health may prevent negative child outcomes
UNHCR - Adapted CP Case Management Guidelines COVID19 situation
UNHCR Protection Cluster - 2020 Child Protection Sub Working Group Work Plan: Uganda – Kampala (to be reviewed in July 2020
Other:
NEW - Internal audit in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the period from1 July 2019 to30 June 2020 - pgs 17 and 18 mention Uganda
NEW - Operational considerations: COVID-19 and force displacement in the Middle east and East Africa - This summary paper puts forward considerations of the ways in which humanitarian actors, civil society organisations and government departments with specific responsibilities towards displaced people can contribute to lessening vulnerabilities in this pandemic
Repatriation, Insecurity, and Peace:A Case Study of Rwandan Refugees (summary/intro & conclusion free) - This book serves to partially fill in the research gaps regarding the current situation of Rwandan refugees and includes chapters such as Voluntary” Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees in Uganda: An Analysis of Law Practice (paid for content)
Identity at the margins: data justice and refugee experiences with digital identity systems in Lebanon, Jordan, and Uganda (paid for content)- This paper examines refugees' experiences with and perspectives on the digital identity systems used by humanitarian organizations to collect, manage, and share their personal data. Through a qualitative study with 198 refugees they show how existing humanitarian identity systems present numerous challenges for refugees.
The Socio-economic and Psychosocial Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Urban Refugees in Uganda - this paper examines the socio-cultural, economic and psychosocial impact of the pandemic on urban refugees in Uganda. Given the paucity of government-led services to contain the epidemic, they argue that contingency planning must involve refugees and their communities to access accurate and relevant information in appropriate languages.
World bank - Rapid Social Analysis: COVID - 19 and Vulnerable Migrants Across Africa - This note focuses on the evident and expected socio-economic implications of COVID-19 (coronavirus) for mobile populations (these include, economic migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees, migrant workers, irregular migrants and border communities) across Africa
University of Calgary - Social Policy Trends - COVID 19 and refugees in Uganda
UNICEF - Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report No. 6 - June 2020 ; No. 5 - May 2020
IDMC - Disasters meet political unrest, displacing millions in East Africa - An unprecedented overlap of natural and man-made disasters are plaguing the Greater Horn of Africa region. There have been 1m in 2 months, communal tensions reignited, and pre-existing vulnerabilities exacerbated.
World Bank blog - (Im)mobility and social networks: the impact of COVID-19 onhttps://dtm.iom.int/reports/uganda-%E2%80%94-flow-monitoring-dashboard-ugandasouth-sudan-border-june-2020 critical coping mechanisms for urban refugees
IOM - Flow Monitoring Dashboard: Uganda/South Sudan Border: June 2020; May 2020
IOM - East & Horn of Africa COVID-19 Situation Report - #16, 29 July 2020 Update; #15, 22 July 2020 Update; #14, 15 July 2020 Update
IOM - Displacement Tracking Matrix - East and Horn of Africa Monthly Regional Snapshot - June 2020
FEWS-NET - Uganda Food Security Outlook, June 2020 to January 2021
WFP - Uganda mVAM Bulletin: June 2020 Urban Food Security Monitoring - WFP Uganda expanded its food security monitoring to cover urban areas to monitor the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on some of the most impacted populations. Starting from May 2020, data was collected continuously from 13 urban centres, including for Kampala-based refugees.
WFP - 6 ways WFP Uganda is changing and saving lives during COVID-19
WFP - Denmark Contributes U.S.$1 Million to Cash Relief for Refugees in Kampala
EC - EU announces €24 million in Uganda amid coronavirus pandemic
ECHO - Uganda - Forced displacement (DG ECHO, UNHCR) (ECHO Daily Flash of 17 July 2020)
MMS - Quarterly Mixed Migration Update East Africa & Yemen, Quarter 2, 2020
UNHCR - Urban Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda (9 July 2020)
UNHCR - Urban Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Uganda (9 July 2020)
UNHCR - Refugee Statistics June 2020
UNHCR - East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region COVID-19 External Update - 5-10 June 2020; 18 June - 1 July 2020; 1- 22 July 2020
UNHCR - Regional overview of the Burundian refugee population: 2020 Burundi Regional RRP as of 30 June 2020
UNHCR - Burundi Situation: 2020 Funding Update (as of 9 July 2020)
UNHCR - Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees, Update as of 30 June 2020
UNHCR - East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region Factsheet May-July 2020
UNHCR - Settlement profile for: Kyangwali; Rhino; Nakivale; Kiryandongo; Rwamwanja; Oruchinga; Adjumani; Kyaka II; Palabek; Bidi Bidi; Imvepi; Lobule; Palorinya
Training, Events etc:
African Safeguarding Summit - 8 August - 15:30 – 18:00 EAT - Not specifically re refugees but covers relevant issues such as child marriage, trafficking, survival sex etc
Designing Strategies and Projects in Humanitarian Action (Online course + 2 week residential in Uganda) - Training dates: 12 Oct 20 - 27 Jun 2021. Registration deadline 31 Aug 2020. This course aims to reinforce the knowledge and skills that humanitarian professionals need when working in complex environments. The course puts emphasis on adaptive and flexible strategies and projects. It focuses on your working situations and enables you to reflect on your current practice as you learn. The course programme takes into account the major contexts for humanitarian action (armed conflict, “natural” disasters, social exclusion, complex emergencies). In addition, the course investigates the relationship between humanitarian and development aid.
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