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Open Letter to G20 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and the IMF: CSOs call for issuance of more SDRs and fairer distribution

Open Letter to G20 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and the IMF: CSOs call for issuance of more SDRs and fairer distribution

Due to the rules governing the distribution of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), more than...

May 12, 2022
ISER's Oral Statement to 71st Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

ISER's Oral Statement to 71st Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

An oral statement delivered by ISER during the 71st Ordinary Session of African Commission...

April 21, 2022
Reclaim Public Health Services for a Healthier Planet and Green Economic Recovery - ISER's statement on World Health Day

Reclaim Public Health Services for a Healthier Planet and Green Economic Recovery - ISER's statement on World Health Day

In commemoration of World Health Day 2022, ISER calls upon government and all development partners to adequately fund public health services for a green just recovery.

April 7, 2022
ISER' Statement at the 39th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

ISER' Statement at the 39th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

A Statement delivered by ISER on 21st March during the 39th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC).

March 22, 2022
ISER' Statement at the 38th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

ISER' Statement at the 38th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

A Statement delivered by ISER on 15th November during the 38th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

March 22, 2022
Civil society groups celebrate IFC's divestment from profit-driven school chain Bridge International Academies

Civil society groups celebrate IFC's divestment from profit-driven school chain Bridge International Academies

A Joint Press Statement by Civil society groups celebrating the World Bank's divestment from profit-driven school chain Bridge International Academies.

March 16, 2022
ISER's Press Statement: 2022 Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

ISER's Press Statement: 2022 Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

ISER's Press Statement as Uganda appears before the Human Rights Council for the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

January 27, 2022
ISER Press Statement on the Launch of the NAP on Business and Human Rights

ISER Press Statement on the Launch of the NAP on Business and Human Rights

A press statement by ISER at the launch of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.

October 28, 2021
The Future is Public: Global Manifesto for Public Services

The Future is Public: Global Manifesto for Public Services

Civil society organisations and movements on 25th October 2021 launched a landmark Manifesto calling for a renewed approach to public services, such as education, energy, food, health and care services, housing, social security, telecommunications, transportation, waste collection and disposal, and water and sanitation, to address the ecological, inequalities and other crises the world is currently facing.

October 25, 2021
ISER's Statement at the commemoration of SDGs Global Week 2021

ISER's Statement at the commemoration of SDGs Global Week 2021

In the wake of COVID 19, achieving the SDGs are more critical than ever. This statement highlights critical issues that the government and its relevant departments and agencies should address to ensure the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Uganda.

September 24, 2021
ISER appears before the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Labour and Social and Development on key social protection issues

ISER appears before the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Labour and Social and Development on key social protection issues

On 19th August 2021, ISER appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Labour and Social and Development to present views on a number of key social protection issues in Uganda.

August 19, 2021
CSO Joint Statement at the 2021 Global Education Summit

CSO Joint Statement at the 2021 Global Education Summit

A joint statement issued by 36 CSOs calling on governments to make robust funding commitments for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), and urging GPE and its partners to use the money raised during the summit in support of free public education and to ensure that no funding is used to support commercial actors, in accordance with human rights requirements.

July 28, 2021
Public Education Works - Five lessons from low- and middle-income countries

Public Education Works - Five lessons from low- and middle-income countries

A Policy Brief produced collaboratively by working members of the Privatisation Education and Human Rights Consortium (PEHRC) reviewing 7 case studies on positive public education in developing countries.

July 28, 2021
Enough Is Enough - A Poem

Enough Is Enough - A Poem

A moving poem titled "Enough is Enough" recited by Kiira Brian Alex during a memorial organised by ISER under the Coalition for Quality Public Services to remember loved ones lost due to Covid 19 on 9th June 2021.

July 14, 2021
CSO recommendations on ODA eligibility of spending related to Covid-19 vaccines

CSO recommendations on ODA eligibility of spending related to Covid-19 vaccines

A CSO Statement by various organisations including ISER to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on oversees Development Agency (ODA)  eligibility of spending related to Covid-19 vaccines urging them not to unduly valorise donor countries that hoarded vaccines for a behaviour that exacerbated vaccine inequality in the first place.

July 2, 2021