Category Archives: Peace Building & Conflict Resolution

For years, gender-based violence has been at the center of discussions around refugee welfare. Yet, another crisis is quietly unfolding in Uganda’s refugee settlements: land conflict. With over 80,000 refugees living in these communities, the struggle for land access and use is becoming a pressing issue that threatens both livelihoods and peaceful coexistence. Refugees and Land Allocation Upon arrival, refugees are allocated small plots of land—typically 30 by 30 meters—for resettlement. While this provides a starting point, many families find it insufficient to sustain their needs. New arrivals often struggle to understand plot boundaries, leading to disputes with host communities. In some cases, refugees cultivate crops outside their designated plots, […]

On 7th March 2025, WORUDET and allied rights organizations in Kitgum and Lamwo districts issued a powerful press statement ahead of International Women’s Day, drawing urgent attention to the escalating crisis of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Acholi sub-region. IPV—defined as physical, sexual, or psychological harm within intimate relationships—was underscored as a pervasive threat cutting across age, income, ethnicity, and religion. The organizations highlighted alarming statistics from the 2024 Uganda Police Annual Crime Report, which recorded 14,126 victims of domestic violence, with women disproportionately affected at 72.7 percent. The Uganda National Bureau of Statistics further revealed that IPV prevalence nationally stands at 45 percent, but surges to 78 percent […]