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EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE MIGRATION:
A PRE-REQUISITE FOR DEVELOPMENT
SAYS IOM
Migration policies must offer equal opportunities to migrate to both women and men to reduce women’s vulnerability during migration and to optimize the positive development impact of migration in communities of origin, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2010. |
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Human Trafficking and the Plight of undocumented Congolese Women & Children stranded in Uganda: See report entitled, “Irregular Congolese Migrants in Uganda: A Rapid Assessment August to September 2008”
The plight of 1,500 undocumented Congolese migrant women and their children stranded in Uganda remains a huge challenge for IOM and the Governments of Uganda and D.R. Congo. These women and children do not have proper travel documentation or identification papers, living in a limbo where they have no rights in practice, and sharing what little their host communities are able or prepared to offer them. Ironically enough this is happening in the very same year that the National Parliament passed the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, which came into force last June.
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Post-Conflict Studies: See report entitled, “Preliminary Analysis: Reporter Profiling from the Amnesty Commission of Uganda ICRS Database, December 2008”.
This report written by IOM and explicitly endorsed by the Amnesty Commission (AC) was launched in December 2008. This preliminary analysis of the AC database was a coordinated effort to develop an evidence-based profile of reporters at the time of their registration with the AC and their reinsertion into Ugandan civil society. The report takes a fresh look at the amnesty process in Uganda by providing a detailed picture of the potential vulnerabilities experienced by reporters in Uganda prior to embarking on their reinsertion and reintegration processes; thereby understanding what they had experienced up to the point at which they were granted amnesty, what their expectations were at the time of reinsertion, and what the inherent challenges were likely to be for them, their communities, and the Government of Uganda in the years to come.
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Upcoming research - Labor Market Research and Analysis in Northern Uganda
On 17 April 2009, IOM commenced an intermediate district-level Labor Market Assessment in Pader, Gulu, Amuru and Kitgum in order to determine viable livelihood/business/employment sectors at the district level which offer the best prospect of employment. This will enable IOM and its partners to better plan client referrals, and assist IOM in shaping incentives that enhance the prospect of socio-economic reintegration. This field analysis and the learning from this activity will inform IOM and other actors in Northern Uganda on what jobs, means of production, employment sectors, supply/demand factors to take into account when mobilizing socio-economic reintegration programming at the community level (i.e. the so-called ‘downstream’) so as not to set up youth/beneficiaries for disappointment. The field assessment component is already completed and the report is due to be published in September 2009.
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HIV Hot-spot Mapping and Situational Analysis along the Kampala-Juba transport route
Mobility is a potentially significant driver of new infections in Uganda mainly because of the social implications of mobility on HIV-risk behaviour. Truck-stops along transport corridors can be visualized as “HIV hot-spots” They are areas of relative economic prosperity where a number of different categories of people converge for different reasons. These localities comprise a broad cross-section of people whose convergence results in environments that are conducive to engaging in HIV-risk sexual behaviour.
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A Response Analysis of HIV/AIDS Programming along Transport corridors in Uganda
Though acknowledged that mobile populations along transport corridors are among the groups that are most affected by HIV/AIDS, current evidence shows that these populations have inadequate access to HIV prevention services, HIV care and treatment and HIV social support services. This gap is attributed to poor targeting, inadequate services and weak coordination.
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| Documents for Selp Help Groups, ICRS Business plan, Village baseline surveys, Client Screenings and Client Consultations used during our Community Based Reintegration Program |
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