Browsing College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHuSS) by Type
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Are HIV unaware persons the hidden population at high risk of HIV infection or re-infection in Uganda
(1999-12-06)Introduction: There has been a prejudiced view that HIV infection creates a state of desperation and a feeling of revenge that latently drives persons with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) into risky sexual and reproductive behaviors. This ... -
Catalyst, nature, and vitality of African Canadian feminism: a panorama of an emigre feminist
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Colonial policy
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Community Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in Kapchorwa District
(2008-10-23)Whereas several campaigns intended to create awareness and prevent female genital cutting (FGC) have been undertaken in Kapchorwa since 1995, it is not known how much cultural change these interventions have caused in the ... -
Crisis in Kabale District: a case study for food policy reforms
(2009-02-24)There is no shortage of literature on Food crisis in African countries. Yet there is surprisingly little in the way of objectives studies based on local observations so as to get the crisis right before any prescriptions. ... -
Culture and Gender-Related Factors Predicting HIV-Risk Sexual Behaviors
(Centre for Basic Research (CBR), Uganda, 2004)The current study explored HIV-risk sexual behaviors (early coital debut, coital contact with genital ulcers, coital contact with STD, coital contact with persons suspected to have HIV/AIDS or engage in prostitution, coital ... -
Devolution and outsourcing of municipal services: in Kampala City, Uganda: an early assessment
(John Wiley and Sons, 2003-11-19)The late 1980s saw the beginning of wide-ranging economic and political reforms in Africa, prompted by both external and internal pressures. Demands for political reform pushed for democratisation, including decentralisation ... -
Final report of the baseline survey for the Quality Enhancement Initiative (QEI) project
(Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), 2009-08)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Last year, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in partnership with its funding agencies, launched the Quality Enhancement Initiative (QEI) in a bid to enhance the quality of their primary education ... -
Formerly Abducted Child Mothers in Northern Uganda: A Critique of Modern Structures for Child Protection and Reintegration
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2012)The study documents and analyzes the community structures supporting reintegration of the formerly abducted child mothers (FACM) within postconflict northern Uganda. A qualitative approach assesses the relevance and ... -
House wrenched by internal divisions: Combating Kenyan environmental Crime in the midst of an Institutional labyrinth
(2009)Environmental issues have been a common concern to all Kenyans for along time but many environmental crimes go unnoticed or simply ignored or unabated. A truck driver who illegally disposes gallons of unwanted waste on the ... -
Integrating Women’s Reproductive Roles with Productive Activities in Commerce: The Case of Businesswomen in Kampala, Uganda
(SAGE Publications (UK and US), 1999)Uganda has registered signi® cant improvement regarding economic growth and the raising of women’s status at the macro level. Commerce is one of the sectors that attracts women of varying social status. The paper is based ... -
Kikiga proverbs of work in reinforcing discpline
(2008-04-28)The study investigated the importance of Kikiga proverbs of work in reinforcing discipline. The discipline centered on was that of behavior. The study took this direction after a keen observation had been made about the ... -
Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in Kibaale district
(2008-12-05)Executive Summary Chapter One – Background and Introduction: This report is one of the direct outputs of policy orientated research on land tenure / land reform conducted in specific areas of Uganda and South Africa. The ... -
Land tenure in Uganda: present day tendencies
(1953)INTRODUCTION It is now over fifty years since a settlement of the land question in Buganda was made. There were two math re suits of this settlement. In the first place, the- political and usufructuary rights -of the chiefs ... -
Morality as identity: the missionary moral agenda in Buganda, 1877-1945
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1999-02)This article advances three arguments. First, that prior to European intrusion in the mid-1800s, “Buganda” and “Mugandaness” were continually contested ideologies whose meanings were not given but discursively constructed ... -
Protecting and Meeting Rights of Children during Conflict? Reflections on the Activities of Three Indigenous Social Work Agencies in Northern Uganda
(Oxford University Press, 2012)The complex humanitarian emergency in northern Uganda was occasioned by the two decades of conflict. As a result, several development organisations (local and international) responded to the support needs of children and ... -
Reassessing popular participation in Uganda
(John Wiley and Sons, 2004-03-10)The 1980s saw the emergence of popular participation as a mechanism for promoting good governance in developing countries Good governance was seen as crucial to efforts to improve the welfare of poor people in countries ... -
Resettlement and integration of pastoralists in the national economy: the case of ranches restructuring in South-Western Uganda.
(2008-12-05)Introduction: The challenges of settling and integrating pastoralists in national economies, is more urgent in Africa today, as the world observes an accelerated impoverishment of pastoral peoples in the dry lands and a ... -
Socio-Demographic Factors and HIV-Risk Sexual Behaviors among adolescents and young adults in Iganga district.
(Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), 2003-02)This study explored HIV-risk sexual behaviors (early coital debut, coital contact with genital ulcers, coital contact with STD, coital contact with persons suspected to have HIV/AIDS or engage in prostitution, coital contact ...