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A People’s Pension: A Manifesto on Social Protection for Older Persons
Developed by the CSO Working Group on Social Protection for Older Persons and coordinated by ISER, this manifesto underscores the urgent need for universal and inclusive social protection systems for Uganda’s older...
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...
“We are not well educated but learning on the job”: Governance and Accountability in the Provision of Public Primary Education in Uganda
This report examines the critical governance and accountability challenges that have undermined the promise of UPE, and reveals how insufficient funding, weak oversight, and systemic gaps continue to hinder the...
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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...
The Bitter Taste of Sugar: A Photo Story on the Effects of Sugar Production in Luuka District
In February 2018, the UCCA team spent a week in Luuka district on a field mission assessing the impact of...
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...
Poor health infrastructure makes quality health service delivery a distant dream for many Ugandans
From incidents where ambulances are used to ferry water instead of the sick, to the dilapidated structures that render health...
A drop in the ocean: Uganda’s COVID-19 cash transfer
As the Government of Uganda plans to roll out a Covid-19 Relief Fund to vulnerable persons in urban areas, this...
Beyond Statistics: How can we achieve universal basic education of acceptable quality in Uganda?
In this issue; "Beyond Statistics: How can we achieve universal basic education of acceptable quality in Uganda?", we look beyond...
Implementation of the Gender and Equity Certifi cation Requirement under the Public Finance and Management Act
In this edition of the Economic and Social Rights Advocacy (ESRA) Brief, the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) looks...
Monitoring and Inspection Financing for Primary and Secondary Schools -FY2013/14 to FY2018/19 Factsheet
Effective monitoring and inspection of schools is critical in the realization of quality of education. However, over the years, financing...
A Looming Crisis? An analysis of the health sector budget performance for the financial year 2012/13 and allocations for 2013/14
In this brief, we highlight the fact that the health sector budget provision and performance does not reflect the commitment...