Sunday, September 29, 2013

23-29 September 2013

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BURUNDI
EASTERN CONGO
RWANDA
  • In Rwanda, people live peacefully. However, is it the same coexisting peacefully than living in peace? Eighteen years after the genocide, Hutu and Tutsi are all part of a country officially and apparently in peace. Reconciliation was the only way to survive and a political priority for the government that arose after the genocide and it is still in power. The justice of the Gacaca, Memory and the press, all pushed on that direction. But at the same time, reconciliation has been imposed. It has been a one-way process that created cracks. The suffering and the wounds of so many atrocities are still present. "The first day we ex-prisoners and survivors sat face to face, we thought that the survivors would revenge. But they were also worried. They thought we had returned to commit another genocide. "

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UGANDA
  • How have the emerging LGBTIQ and sex worker movements in East Africa developed and connected with each other? What lessons can be learnt about inclusive movement building for social justice and human rights? This case study, written especially for the BRIDGE Cutting Edge programme on gender and social movements, describes how these movements are struggling with many issues: identity, marginalisation, denial of citizenship, invisibility, discrimination, human dignity and oppression. Despite the fact that they are dealing with contentious issues within and between movements that can make it difficult to forge common interests, goals and strategies, common ground and alliances have been built.

    tags: uganda east africa Lesbian Gay Bisexual Queer sex workers minorities social movements analysis advocacy

  • Can democracy deliver for Africa? | BBC News 

    Multiparty democracy swept across Africa in the early 1990s, as single-party states and authoritarian leaders bowed to pressure from outside and within. Activists hoped greater political freedoms and strong institutions would lead to more government accountability - and more effective development. But two decades later, is this the reality?

    tags: uganda rwanda africa democracy elections democratisation analysis

     

  • Disabled people are severely marginalised and among the poorest in developing countries. Having a disability increases the risk of poverty, and being poor also increases the risk of getting a disability. This can come from poor living conditions, lack of access to safe water and preventative health treatments such as immunisations and vaccinations, as well as injury through employment or conflict. In Uganda, various estimates suggest there are between 2.4 and 5m disabled people, most of whom are poor (or live in poor households) and nearly half suffer from a physical disability.

    tags: uganda disability poverty impact study analysis