Uganda Refugee News - July 2024

Sector specific:

Education:

• New Vision - Refugee learners write their own dreams

• Makerere University - I stakeholders’ interventions in addressing the socioeconomic barriers to refugee women access to higher education: a case of Bidibidi Settlement in Northern Uganda

• The Pie - Duolingo’s third year of refugee scholars selected - Some 25 students from refugee backgrounds have been selected for Duolingo and UNHRC's refugee scholarship program to support them securing places at universities around the world.

• The Times Higher Education - How do we make it easier for refugees to be admitted to universities? Many students struggle to join universities because their education has been disrupted. Here are ways to improve the inclusivity and accessibility of admissions processes

• WPDI - WPDI facilitates refugee integration for Sudanese refugees in Uganda through functional adult literacy program

  
  

Environment & Energy:

• Mercy Corp - A Roadmap for Energy Access in Displacement Settings: Uganda 

• The Observer - Refugee-hosting community restores 2,000 hectares of degraded land

• U-Learn - Energy Practices In Ugandan Settlements Amid Environmental Challenges

 Health:

• BMC Public Health - Exposure behaviour to Escherichia coli among households in Imvepi refugee settlement, Terego district Uganda

• BMC Psychology -  Chronicity of self-harming behaviors among adolescent teenage girls living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda

• BMC Women's Health - Decision-making pathways for contraceptive use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory study

• BMJ - Access to and utilisation of antimicrobials among forcibly displaced persons in Uganda, Yemen and Colombia: a pilot cross-sectional survey

• The Lancet - A community case detection tool to promote help-seeking for mental health care among children and adolescents in Ugandan refugee settlements: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

• The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health -

  • A community case detection tool to promote help-seeking for mental health care among children and adolescents in Ugandan refugee settlements: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial

  • Mental health help-seeking by children and adolescents in Uganda's refugee settlements

• Medical Teams International - Sudanese Refugees Entering Uganda in Large Numbers; Health Care Funding Critically Needed

• Social Science in Action - Overcoming barriers: Integrating South Sudanese refugee health professionals into Uganda’s workforce

• War Child - A single piece of paper offers hope for mental health of conflict-exposed children

Livelihoods & Resilience:

• Academy of Management - Refugee Entrepreneurs Network Disruption & Opportunity Recognition: Evidence from a RCT in Uganda

• AgECon - The Local Economywide Effects of Reduced Refugee Assistance in Uganda

• AllAfrica - FINCA Commits to Championing Financial Independence in Refugee Settlements

• American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science - Enhancing Capacities of Community Saving and Credit Groups towards improvement of Socio-Economic Livelihoods of Women in Nakivale Refugee Settlement: An Action Research

• ECHO - Uganda | EU ongoing humanitarian interventions (July 2024) - DG ECHO Daily Map | 11/07/2024

• Enabel - Closure of Northern Uganda support programme marks new beginnings for youth and refugees

• GOAL - Empowering Refugees Through Agriculture in Uganda: Razia and Group’s Story

• The Independent - Refugees venture into entrepreneurship as Equity Bank Uganda provides support

• IPA - The Impact of Formalizing Land Rental Contracts on Refugee-Host Interactions and Agricultural Production in Uganda

• Monitor -

  • Enhancing refugee participation in Uganda’s labour market

  • How welfare project has changed lives in West Nile

• New Vision - Vocational skills breathe life into Bidi Bidi

• Nile Post - FINCA Commits to Championing Financial Independence in Refugee Settlements

• NRC - Block Farming Model For Refugees In Bidibidi Settlement - Brief, June 2024

• NTV -

  • Refugees in West Nile receive training to reduce unemployment and embrace green jobs

  • (video) - Over 1,000 people in Koboko and Yumbe gain business skills through development project

  • (video) - Thousands gain business management skills in Koboko and Yumbe

• Radio Tamazuj - Organization sets up training center for Sudanese refugees in Uganda

• Talent Beyond Borders - Labor Mobility Pathways for Refugees in Uganda

• U-Learn -

  • Graduation Compendium: Building A Common Understanding Of Graduation Programmes In The Uganda Refugee Response

  • Entrepreneurship support in Uganda's refugee response

  • Rwanda Strategy For Sustainable Graduation: An Overview

• UNHCR - Data-driven support for refugee self-reliance in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa

• World Bank - Supporting refugee self-reliance in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa: The role of data

Protection:

• African Population and Health Research Centre -

  • Highlights From the First-Ever Violence Against Children and Youth Survey Conducted Exclusively in a Humanitarian Setting. Child Abuse & Neglect

  • Associations Between Childhood Violence and Mental Health in Refugee Settings in Uganda. Child Protection and Practice

• BMC Psychology - Chronicity of self-harming behaviors among adolescent teenage girls living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda

• CARE - The Brutal Reality of Sexual Violence Survivors in Refugee Settlements in Uganda

• ETH Zurich - Resilience in Adversity: Meeting Children from Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• Human Rights Quarterly (pay for access) - The Agency of Refugees and Asylum-Seeking Women in the Face of the Inability of States to Provide Protection Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

• Journal of Internal Displacement - Difficult Life in a Refugee Camp: Gender, Violence, and Coping in Uganda by Ulrike Krause

• Sudan Tribune - Sudanese women refugees in Uganda face dire conditions, sexual assault

Other:

• Blog - Game Connect: Changing lives through sport and physical activity in Refugee Settlements in Uganda

• Building Design - Performing arts centre opens in Africa’s largest refugee settlement

• Civil Protection Systems and Disaster Governance - (pay for access) - Border Identity: Impact of Evolving Ethnicities on Refugee Policy and Protection in Uganda

• Compas - Community Initiatives to Mitigate Group Tensions: Reflections from Uganda

• DEPA -  Refugees In Uganda Reflecting on Home and The Condition of Statelessness Using PhotoVoice

• East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences - Public Communication for Effective Service Delivery to Refugees in Uganda. The Case of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement

• ECHO - Uganda | EU ongoing humanitarian interventions (July 2024) - DG ECHO Daily Map | 11/07/2024

• EU - Building Futures: How the EU Trust Fund Supports Refugees in Uganda

• The European Journal of Development Research - (pay for content)- The Failing Aid Complex in Uganda’s Northeast

• FEWS-Net -

  • Uganda Food Security Outlook: Crisis (IPC Phase 3) likely in refugee settlements and Karamoja until 2025

  • Uganda Price Bulletin, June 2024

• GoU - Uganda & Zambia discuss Refugee Solutions

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Uganda Refugee Response: Conflict Mapping Dashboard (Jan - Jun 2024)

  • Refugee Statistics June 2024 - Active Population by Settlement

  • Refugee Statistics Map June 2024

  • Refugee Statistics June 2024

  • Refugee Statistics June 2024 - Settlement & Urban Profiles

  • Population Dashboard: Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers in Uganda as of 30 June 2024

  • Population Dashboard - Annex I - Active Population by Settlement (30 June 2024)

  • Population Dashboard: Annex II - Map - Refugees and Asylum Seekers (30 June 2024)

  • Population Dashboard - Annex III - Settlement Profiles (30 June 2024)

• HI

  • "I've learnt to cherish what makes me unique”

  • Justine and Majambere: a prosthesis and crutches for a couple

  • Healing the wounds of the past

• IFRC - Uganda Population Movement DREF Operation Appeal (MDRUG051)

• IOM - IOM Refugee Flow Monitoring - Nakivale Refugee Settlement in the Southwest Region of Uganda - Round 3 (Data collection date: 20 April - 19 May 2024), 3 July 2024

• IRC - The IRC in Uganda - Country Program Overview | 2023/24

• Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics - Humanitarian organization culture and humanitarian organization usage of digital cash-based assistance: the mediating role of financial service providers’ technology readiness

• LWF - Dancing for peace in Uganda

• Netherlands Red Cross - Together For Localised Humanitarian Action in Uganda

• New Vision -

  • How dialogue is fostering peace amongst refugees and host communities

  • South Sudanese in Uganda seek end to conflict

  • IGAD commends Uganda on refugee response

• OHCHR/UNEP - A Study on Women, Gender Inequalities and Climate-Induced Migration in East Africa

• Olympics - Game Connect: Changing lives through sport and physical activity in Refugee Settlements in Uganda - Game Connect is an Olympic Refuge Foundation programme based in the Adjumani, Kampala, Kamwenge, Kyangwali and Lamwo districts of Uganda.

• SOS Medias Burundi - Nakivale (Uganda): suspicion between the Burundian and Rwandan communities

• UNHCR -

  • Analysis of suicide incidents, Q2 2024

  • Feedback, Referral, and Resolution Mechanism (FRRM), June 2024 Newsletter

  • Regional Dashboard RB EHAGL: Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region - 30 June 2024

  • Regional Bureau for East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes -

    • Refugees and asylum seekers by country of asylum (as of 30 June 2024)

    • 2023 End-Year Population Trends at a Glance

    • Strategic Plan (2025 - 2027)

    • IGAD Region | Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 30 Jun 2024)

  • Operational Update (Quarter 1, 2024)

  • Suicide Dashboard Q2 2024

  • Uganda Factsheet - May-June 2024

• UNICEF -

  • Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3: January to June 2024

  • Changing profiles of child poverty - The case of Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic

• University of Ghent - The coloniality of power in Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement: struggling for humanitarian authority amidst the 2018 corruption scandal

• Universitat Jaume - Implementing Conflict Transformation & Mediation Measures in the PAMANA Project to address the Natural Resource Scarcity Tensions among Northern Ugandan Refugee Settlement Communities

• USCRI -

  • Webinar: The Uganda Refugee Response and Refugee-Led Organizations

  • On the front lines: The refugee response and refugee led organisations

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, June 2024

• World Bank - Uganda - Roads and Bridges in the Refugee Hosting Districts-Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo (KYM) Road Corridor Project : Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report (English)

• Xinhua - UN says 1.4 mln refugees returned to South Sudan in 5 years

Event

• Flight has many faces – A comparative analysis of the situation of refugees in Uganda and Germany - 18 September - 16:00 - 18:15 - You can register for the event at ulrike.rosemann@einewelt-sachsen.de. You will then be sent the link to the video conference before the event begins.