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Budgeted Out: Government Promise to Older Persons Broken

This summary analysis of the FY 2026/27 National Budget looks at the government’s promises to older persons to expand the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) programme to include those...

Enhancing Social Protection for Older Persons in Uganda: Key Considerations for Uganda’s 2025/26 National Budget

Submitted by ISER before the Parliamentary Committee on Gender, Labor, and Social Development in January 2025, this comprehensive report critically examines Uganda’s budget priorities for older persons’ social protection in...

A People’s Pension: The right to social security for older persons in Uganda – Lessons from Southern and Eastern Africa

A People’s Pension: The Right to Social Security for Older Persons in Uganda is a working paper jointly produced by ISER and RAISE, synthesizing lessons from eight countries to demonstrate...


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Social accountability as a tool for realization of economic and social rights

In this edition of the ESRA brief, we examine the various mechanisms through which citizens can demand accountability from duty...

Submission to the Health Committee of Parliament on the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021

On 22nd February 2022, ISER made a presentation to the Health Committee of Parliament on the Public Health (Amendment) Bill...

Report of the National Conference on Governance and Accountability in Primary Schools in Uganda

The conference was convened to explore the opportunities and challenges of governance and accountability structures in primary schools as well...

A Political Question? Reflecting on the Constitutional Court’s Ruling in the Maternal Mortality Case (CEHURD & Others V Attorney General of Uganda)

“Denying an individual or group the ability to make constitutional claims against the State with respect to nutrition, housing, health...

A Handbook for Community Health Advocates

A simplified manual for Community Health Advocates (CHAs) on the right to health. It introduces the legal and policy framework...

The human rights impact of commercialisation of public services in East Africa

This study aims to analyse how commercialization of public services, specifically in the health and education sectors, has unfolded in...

No! We Do not Have that Drug Here!

This compilation brings together a diversity of voices from various communities across Uganda where the Initiative for Social and Economic...

An Applied Political Economy Analysis (APEA) on girls’ access to education in Uganda: A case study of Ngogwe and Najja sub-counties in Buikwe district, Uganda

 This Applied Political Economy Analysis (APEA) on Girls' Access to Education in Uganda seeks to understand the current country and...