resilient livelihoods

A NEED FOR GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVE GENDER RELATIONS AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

COVID-19 impacted gendered roles and responsibilities of households and community members as women continue to shoulder the burden of care and undertake a greater proportion of household labour. A new Oxfam report, The Ignored Pandemic, shows an increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the...

Climate Smart Agriculture Community of Practice Guide

This publication on Climate Smart Agriculture as a response to climate change for the agricultural sector is the outcome of collaboration by the iNGO Alliance and the government of Uganda to provide practical interventions in response to climatic factors adversely affecting agricultural production.

A stock-take of COP25: What is in it for poor countries like Uganda?

“It is not climate change; it is climate emergency, we are in a climate crisis.” Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5°C special report shows greater temperature rise and impacts accelerating. The Sahara is increasing its size by 10%, small island states are at the verge of...

A Refugee Settlement is Different from What I Thought

For the first time, I visited a refugee settlement recently. Prior my visit, I was skeptical about which settlement I wanted to see. Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Arua district has been marked one of the largest refugee settlements in the world so I thought it would give me a good understanding of...

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanism are driving inequality.

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanisms are driving inequality in the country according to a new land report launched today by Oxfam. Titled Locked out, the land and inequality report explores the ways in which unjust land systems drive inequality making the poor poorer while the...

The poor get poorer, while the rich get richer; The impacts of unfair land systems in Uganda

When Uganda’s richest 10 percent earned 2.3 times more than its poorest 40 percent in 2009, any concerned person would be curious to understand what drives such a discrepancy and how best to bridge the gap between the poor and the rich. The contributors to such a big gap are mainly land, education...

Oxfam in Uganda- Climate Action Report, 2019

Oxfam, partners, and allies’ research and experience in Uganda clearly shows that climate change is already exacerbating poverty and inequality in the country. Oxfam believes that influencing the government to invest in helping people adapt and build resilience to climate change will increase food...

Apiculture Value Chain

Building resilience of vulnerable groups is at the centre of our work. Oxfam works with communities of youth, men and women to promote livelihood options for them. This booklet is a collection of results of different entrepreneurial and vocational skills acquired by refugee youth and host...

EMPOWERING YOUTH - UNLEASHING POTENTIALS - STORIES OF CHANGE

This publication showcases how Oxfam and partners are empowering youth through various interventions to unleash their underlying potential. Oxfam believes that the issues youth are faced with will be addressed only if there is a major shift in the educational curriculum to include vocational and...

Oxfam in Uganda - Annual Report 2016 - 2017

The year 2016-17 saw Oxfam in Uganda take its transformation agenda to a level higher. We tested and applied Oxfam’s power to convene and influence actors around issues we believe address the root causes of injustice and inequality. The year saw a lot of investment in coaching and accompaniment for...

The future is equal