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Uganda Refugee News

Uganda Refugee News - Edition 10 - October 2020

Updated: Oct 3, 2022



Welcome to Edition 10


Hope you are all keeping well in these ongoing challenging times.


This month's newsletter is jam packed with research and recent publications and I encourage those of you working on GBV to read all the way to the very bottom as the 'Featured organisation' this month is a "free and confidential research and advice service for humanitarian actors working on GBV risk mitigation, prevention and responses in emergencies."


Submissions, compliments and praise are extremely welcome (!) – please send to Ugandrefugeenews@gmail.com


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Sector specific:


Sector specific:

Education:

Environment:

Health:

Livelihoods

Protection

WASH

  • Tales of Water - Understandings of how water access is shaped in the negotiation of time, space and gender and how South Sudanese refugees experience those negotiations, offers some insight in current problems related to water use inside Bidi Bidi. It demonstrates how water access is shaped by the constant negotiation of gender and other roles and the experiencing of time and space.

Other:

Featured organisation:

GENDER - BASED VIOLENCE AOR HELPDESK -

is a free and confidential research and advice service for humanitarian actors working on GBV risk mitigation, prevention and response in emergencies. Managed by Social Development Direct on behalf of the GBV Area of responsibility, the Helpdesk is staffed by a global roster of senior Gender and GBV Experts with knowledge, skills and experience in:

  • GBV Coordination; GBV Programme Management; GBV Case Management; Safe and Ethical; Data Collection and Information Management; Clinical Management of Rape; Mental Health and Psychosocial Support; Access to Justice; GBV and Livelihoods and Cash Transfers; GBV and Disability Inclusion; Child, Adolescent and Adult Survivors; Early and Forced Marriage and other Harmful Traditional Practices; Localisation; GBV Risk Mitigation and Multi-Sectoral Interventions

What services does the GBV AoR Helpdesk offer?


Rapid Technical Support– The Helpdesk can provide rapid technical advice and support on GBV coordination and programming in line with international standards, guidelines and best practice.

Rapid Desk Research Reports – The Helpdesk can carry out global literature and evidence reviews and produce high-quality written reports which highlight best practice in GBV in emergencies programming and signpost the reader to relevant tools and resources.


The Helpdesk also produces:


Quarterly Research, Learning and Evidence Digests – Field-friendly thematic summaries of existing research, evidence and learning in relation to GBV in emergencies programming.

Guidance Notes – In depth guidance notes on best practice in GBV in emergencies programming and policy-making in relation to current and emerging issues and trends.

Copyright © 2020 Uganda Refugee News, All rights reserved.


This newsletter is collated and edited by Andie Lambe


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