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Research paper

Sexual violence against men in conflict and post-conflict settings: A qualitative research methodology

This article describes the research design and the strategies employed in qualitative research with South Sudanese male refugee survivors of sexual violence who have resettled in two communities in Uganda since the onset of the 2013 South Sudan conflict.

Central and East Africa Hub

SAGE Publications

2022

Research paper

Relational Factors and HIV Testing Practices: Qualitative Insights from Urban Refugee Youth in Kampala, Uganda

This paper explores perspectives, experiences, and preferences for social support in HIV testing among refugee youth aged 16–24 in Kampala, Uganda.

Central and East Africa Hub

Springer Nature

2022

Research paper

Water insecurity and sexual and gender-based violence among refugee youth: qualitative insights from a humanitarian setting in Uganda

This paper argues that youth and communities should be meaningfully engaged in developing contextually relevant, gender transformative services to mitigate SGBV risks and advance health and rights.

Central and East Africa Hub

IWA Publishing

2022

Research paper

Repatriation of South Sudanese refugees from the West Nile districts, Uganda. What do we learn from the process?

The paper highlights the fundamental steps followed during a well-planned, structured, and effective repatriation of South Sudanese refugees from Uganda. Understanding repatriation requires an appreciation of how it is implemented to support offering an effective, durable, and lasting solution to…

Central and East Africa Hub

African Health Sciences

2022

Research paper

Participating in Development? Refugee protection, politics and developmental approaches to refugee management in Uganda

This article examines an attempt by the government of Uganda and UNHCR to implement a developmental ‘Self Reliance Strategy’ in response to the needs of 188 ,000 long-term Sudanese refugees and their hosts in Uganda, and analyses some of the conceptual,…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2003

Research paper

Dispersal, division and diversification: durable solutions and Sudanese refugees in Uganda

Questions over durable solutions in the social, political and security terrain of southern Sudan and northern Uganda invite recognition that simple delineations between “home” and “exile” are inadequate to understanding displacement and refugee status. Contrary to existing policies assuming an…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2010

Research paper

Between a camp and a hard place: rights, livelihood and experiences of the local settlement system for long-term refugees in Uganda

Drawing on qualitative research with refugees in and outside formal settlements, this article challenges characterisations of Uganda’s UNHCR-supported refugee settlement system as un-problematically successful. It shows that by denying refugees freedom of movement, the settlement system undermines their socio-economic and…

Central and East Africa Hub

Cambridge University Press

2003

Background report

« Ils sont rentrés chez eux »: the political dimensions of displacement and ‘spontaneous return’ in Faradje, northeast DRC

This paper aims to contribute to the emerging debate on the political dimensions of return by focusing on the sudden ‘spontaneous’ return of 11,6001 Congolese refugees who were forced back from exile in South Sudan to their home areas in…

Central and East Africa Hub

2020

Research paper

More than mere survival: violence, humanitarian governance, and practical material politics in a Kenyan refugee camp

This paper frames the political import of refugees’ material practices in Kakuma Refugee Camp through critical reflection on Eyal Weizman’s notion of the humanitarian present. To begin, I explore how the production of the refugee camp as a space of…

Central and East Africa Hub

SAGE Publications

2015

Research paper

Resistant Resilience: Agency and Resilience Among Refugees Resisting Humanitarian Corruption in Uganda

Resilience is a dominant humanitarian-development theme. Nonetheless, some humanitarian-development programmes have demonstrably negative impacts which encourage vulnerable people to actively resist these programmes. Based on 12 months ethnographic fieldwork in a Ugandan refugee settlement during 2017–18, this paper argues refugee residents…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2022

Report

Mobile Livelihoods: Borderland dynamics between Uganda and South Sudan

This report from the Rift Valley Institute explores the dynamics of transnational movement and networks of kin of South Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.

Central and East Africa Hub

Rift Valley Institute

2022

Research paper

Invisible Labour: The Political Economy of Reintegration in South Sudan

This article considers the 2005–12 Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme in South Sudan. Current DDR practice centres on ex-combatants’ reintegration through encouraging entrepreneurship and self-employment and thereby their willingness to take risks and responsibility. However, South Sudan’s DDR programme…

Central and East Africa Hub

Taylor & Francis Online

2014