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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...

Evaluating the Education Act, CAP 247, and its regulation of private education in Uganda: Legal Strengths and Shortcomings

This paper makes an analysis of the effectiveness of the Education Act, in regulating the private provision of education in Uganda. It highlights the areas of strength that simply requires...

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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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...

A Simplified Handbook on Economic and Social Rights for Community Advocates

This handbook serves as a simplified guide to Community Advocates (CAs), Health Unit Management Committees (HUMCs) and School Management Committees...

The State of Access to Education by Children With Disabilities in Bugiri District

This reports presents the state of access to education by children with disabilities in Bugiri district.

COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities

ISER’s Allana Kembabazi testimony presented before the United States International Trade Commission Hearing on extending the TRIPs Waiver to Cover...

Realising the right to social protection for olderpersons in Uganda

This is a photo essay a photographic representation of the journey to get older persons enrolled on the SAGE programme...

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...

The State of Corporate Accountability in Uganda: A Baseline Study Report for the Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability

Recent discoveries of minerals and aggressive push of government for foreign direct investment have opened a wider discussion on the...

Alternative report to The African Commission on Human And Peoples Rights on The State Of Public Services , Climate Change And Economic Social Rights In Uganda

Uganda is undergoing its 6th periodic review by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) covering 2013-2022. ISER...

Chased Away and Left to Die

The research focused primarily on the human rights impact of requiring Ndaga Muntu (National ID) for access to health care and social...