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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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Parish Development Model: 5 things that Government must immediately address
The Parish Development Model can play a key role in driving socio-economic transformation for the country’s poorest individuals. However, it...
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...
Are They Effective? An Audit of Social Accountability Mechanisms in Local Government Processes in Uganda
This report presents findings from a study undertaken to interrogate the status of social accountability mechanisms in local government processes...
CSO position paper on the tax bills for FY 2023-24
ISER is a member of the Ugandan Tax Justice Alliance under which we regularly submit positions on the annual tax...
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...
Uganda’s rising debt and public services: A human rights impact assessment
This policy brief assesses Uganda’s debt and its impact on public services from a human rights perspective.
Accountability In Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
This policy Brief interrogates the accountability framework for Public Private Partnership (PPPs) contracts in Uganda’s Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy...
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...
Uganda Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Factsheets 2022
Ahead of Uganda's third UPR cycle review on 27 January 2022, ISER coordinated the submission of a joint civil society report...