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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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How Did We Get Here? Uganda’s Medical Oxygen Crisis

As Uganda faces a surge of COVID 19 reporting more than ten thousand cases in ten days,  oxygen shortages have...

Background paper for Uganda’s national action plan on business and human rights

This paper discusses Uganda’s need for a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in the context of implementing...

ISER’s Position on the 2023-24 Social Protection Budget

In this position paper, we analyzed the proposed 2023-24 budget for social protection and presented a set of proposals for...

Centering Community Health Workers at the Core of Public Health Strengthening in Uganda

Since the birth of the Alma-Ata Declaration (WHO, 1978), Community Health Workers (CHWs) have increasingly become a relevant pillar in...

Cost of Education in Uganda (ESRA Brief Issue 15)

This policy brief offers a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted challenges and opportunities within the Ugandan education system, reflecting the...

Statement to Parliament On Operations Of The Uganda Bridge International Academies By The Hon. Minister Of Education And Sports.

A statement to Parliament by the Minister of Education and Sports on Closure of Uganda Bridge International Academies for not...

Economic and Social Rights in Uganda: The Status Quo

The ESRA Brief provides an opportunity to interrogate the status of economic and social rights, primarily in Uganda and key...

Civil Society sues Government over the International Specialised Hospital, Lubowa

Civil Society, led by ISER, pray that the Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional and annuls the acts of Government leading to...