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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...

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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Education Baraza report: Ngogwe Sub County, Buikwe District

Education Barazas form part of the Right to Education community engagements that is aimed at bridging the communication gap between...

Submission to the Health Committee of Parliament on the National Health Insurance Bill, 2019

On 20th November 2019, ISER made a presentation to the Health Committee of Parliament on the National Health Insurance Bill,...

Getting children back to school: Emerging human rights issues from the nationwide reopening of schools in Uganda

The Government of Uganda closed schools for nearly 2 years in a bid to control the spread of the corona...

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...

Implementation of the Gender and Equity Certification 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...

Economic Social Rights recommendations for Uganda from the 3rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

On January 27, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group examined Uganda’s human rights...

The Baraza Advocacy Brief

This brief provides an analysis of the implementation of the Baraza platforms by the Office of the Prime Minister in Local Governments.

UN Member agree to a Framework Convention on International Tax Matters – Here is Why It Matters for Public Services in Africa

On November 22, 2023, UN member states approved the proposal calling for negotiation of a Framework convention on International tax...

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...