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Tag: Challenging Categories
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Mass exploitation of youth who are categorized “unemployed”
Most people in Uganda, even our parents inclusive, only think having a salaried job is the only relevant thing to have after finishing school. I give myself as an example. After school, I used to help my dad with legal advice for making decisions in his company, but I wasn’t even appreciated. He could ask…
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Dr. Ben Jones on the need for a new vocabulary to describe Ugandan youth
There is a particular way in which people talk about young people in Uganda. There is a way they talk about people who don’t have work; and who might not have a salaried job. There is a very standard way, I think, in which often policy-makers, government officials, but also people in civil society, the…
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Dr. Ocen on Study I: Cohort of educated young women and the gendered politics of courts
Education is supposed to produce a certain level of agency. It is supposed to help you innovate, to transform situations and to be relevant. We, the research team, want to know whether we have educated unemployed youth in rural Lango. We see people going to school, people graduating from school. We want to explore how…
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Akullo Betty’s gender lens on Ugandan’s concept of work
When I worked in a law firm, I realized that that was not my calling, because I am person who likes to support people in need. But when a person comes to a law firm, most times it is about how much money do you have for this work. And most women who would come,…
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Akullo Betty on the church and gender issues induced unemployment
Our chief guest (Mr. Alex B. Okello, Permanent Secretary of the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, Office of the President and Member of the CPAR Uganda Board of Directors), I remember when he used to work with the Uganda Human Rights Commission, they interviewed me, and I lost the job. Why did I lose the…
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Omonya advocates the self-help think of let us do this ourselves
At school the expectation of the young people is much – I am getting out, I get a good job, I will get a good car, you know, I will have a lot of money. But from the first day, after graduation, when there is no job, the expectations begin to wane. They become frustrated…
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Lira University honored to associate with Challenging Categories Project
As Lira University and in particular, the Faculty of Education of Lira University, we are very deeply honoured and gratified to have this project, “Challenging Categories: Educated Unemployed Youth as Institutional Innovators in Rural Uganda” associated with us. We want to say, whatever role this project needs from the Lira University Faculty of Education, we…
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Resident City Commissioner for Lira City appreciates Challenging Categories Project
I see we have distinguished ladies and gentlemen. You will allow me to respect the protocol as we are. Good afternoon. I am delighted to be part of this programme. I was informed about this programme this morning and I prayed to God that I should have the opportunity to be part of it. I…
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Media Coverage on Radio Wa – Launch “Challenging Categories” Project
CPAR Uganda in partnership with Lira University and the University of East Anglia, UK, today, Saturday, 17th April 2021, launched a research and advocacy project with the theme: “Challenging Categories: Educated Unemployed Youth as Institutional Innovators in Rural Uganda”. The project will cover the two regions of Lango and Teso. It aims to find the…
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Young innovators to play key role in Challenging Categories research project
These are the 10 young innovators who are under the mentorship of our Managing Director, Ms. Norah Owaraga, who will play a direct key role in implementing our research and advocacy project: “Challenging Categories: Educated Unemployed Youth as Institutional Innovators in Rural Uganda”– doing field work in Teso and Lango. The young innovators are: Gladys…
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