Uganda
Working world

When qualifications don’t decide your career

In Uganda, as in many other parts of the world, a person’s identity and social relationships are influenced by ethnicity, faith and language. These factors can also have a significant impact on career prospects.

Water in urban areas

Kampala’s water problems

In Kampala, Uganda’s capital, residents lack access to clean water. The dilapidated sewer system and flooding also pose hazards. Previous efforts to improve the situation have been inadequate

Information technology

Tech training at Rhino Camp

A South Sudanese exile has become the go-to IT expert for his neighbours at a refugee settlement in northern Uganda

Refugees

Earning a living with pottery

To escape poverty, a young refugee started to sell self-made pottery in Uganda and succeeded

Security

Digital surveillance

What Ugandan authorities are doing to limit the impact of online opposition voices

Social media

Digital mobilisation, analogue protests

Social-media use in eastern Africa is highly politicised and has changed the way politics is run

Gender-based violence

Women take on the patriarchy

Women in Uganda protest against sexual harassment, using the #MeToo hashtag

Refugee protection

The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework

United Nations developed a new framework how states can best deal with and protect refugees

Refugees

Uganda’s open doors

Many South Sudanese escape the violence in their country by fleeing to Uganda

Employment

Skills of Congolese refugees

Congolese refugees in Uganda are known for their entrepreneurship

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