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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...

CSO Position Paper on the Education Sub Programme in response to the FY 2024/25 Education Ministerial Policy Statement

This CSO position paper in response to the Ministerial Policy Statements FY2024/25 on the Education Sector was developed through a consultative process involving various civil society organizations including Uganda Society...

“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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Status of Implementation of SDG 4 on Education: Is Uganda on Track?

The report examines Uganda’s progress of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 “Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong...

Lay a Strong Foundation for All Children: Fees as a Discriminatory Barrier to Pre-Primary Education in Uganda

This report is the result of a two-year collaboration between Human Rights Watch and ISER, and  is based on interviews...

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...

Uganda’s Policy on Retention, Continuity and Reintegration of PGAMs

Uganda is among the sub–Saharan countries grappling with high teenage pregnancy and adolescent births. This policy brief highlights Uganda’s and...

Uganda’s education system need not to be further crippled with internet taxes

This piece explains how COVID 19 has showed us that technology is not a luxury but a common good that...

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.

Failing to Prioritise Health Financing in the Middle of a Pandemic: An Analysis of Uganda’s Health Sector Budget

The position paper follows a year of extra-ordinary socio-economic challenges as a result of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Like elsewhere...

ISER Proposals on the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill No.2 of 2018

ISER Proposals on the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill No.2 of 2018 presented to the Parliament Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic...

Economic and Social Rights Advocacy (ESRA) Brief -COVID19 Special Edition

This special edition of the ESRA Brief is timely, motivated as it is by the global outbreak of the COVID-19...