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The influence of cultural and gender practices on fertility rates in Ruhaama County, Ntungamo District
(Makerere University, 2011-07)
Culture simply means common beliefs and practices of a group of people. Culture defines the life choices of people thereby being part of the consequences that such choices bring. Culture is significant in understanding ...
Gender, science self-efficacy and science related career aspirations among ordinary level students in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2018-12)
The study examined the gender difference in science self-efficacy and science related career aspirations and the influence of science self-efficacy on science related career aspirations among ordinary level students in ...
An analysis of the female images portrayed in Rukiga Proverbs
(Makerere University, 2019-10)
This research studied an analysis of female images in Rukiga proverbs in the South Western Uganda, in the area formerly known as Kigezi. It aimed at establishing whether women were given a positive image, a negative one, ...
Social and legal constraints in prevention of physical violence against women in Arivu Sub County - Arua District
(Makerere University, 2018-10-15)
The study attempts to assess the social and legal constraints in prevention of physical violence among women. This study was conducted in Arivu Sub County - Arua district between 2014 – 2017.
The study was cross sectional ...
An exploratory study on the use of digital platforms as business networking tool for women-led SMES in Nakawa peri-urban community, Kampala district
(Makerere University, 2019-10-12)
Social media is a phenomenon that has transformed the interaction and communication of individuals throughout the world. Especially, social networking websites are very popular and have become a daily practice in a lot of ...
Dismantling reified African culture through localised homosexualities in Uganda.
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013)
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 aimed at protecting the cherished culture of the people against emergent threats to the traditional heterosexual family. The Bill's justification, however, lay in myopic imaginings ...
Queer pride and protest: A reading of the bodies at Uganda's first gay beach pride.
(The University of Chicago Press, 2014)
How does one read the gendered bodies on display at a queer pride event in any context? In this article, I give my interpretation of the actions of celebrants and protesters who participated in Uganda’s first Beach Pride ...
Homosexuality, sex work, and HIV/AIDS in displacement and post-conflict settings: The case of refugees in Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)
This article aims to disrupt the silence, invisibility and erasures of non-heteronormative sexual orientations or gender identities, and of sex work, in HIV/AIDS responses within displacement and post-conflict settings in ...