LATEST Sept. 9, 2021 Trauma caused by COVID-19: taking it one day at a time COVID-19 continues to paralyze the world. Uganda has so far experienced two waves of severe COVID-19 outbreaks, which have affected not just the structure of life but caused trauma.
Aug. 10, 2021 Community Organizing & Mobilization in the Covid-19 Pandemic Community organizing in recent times has been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is because the disease spreads through the ga…
Aug. 5, 2021 I wore the cloak of Dracula In the second chapter of a three-part series, Lindsey Kukunda describes phases on her way to mental health.
July 23, 2021 Hug that Little Girl "I felt the way I did the day I donned my first pair of glasses." First chapter of a blogpost series by Lindsey Kukunda on her way to menta…
July 14, 2021 #ItsAboutAllOfUs: ICTs for enhanced education In order to ensure learning beyond the immediate, physical environment, Uganda needs to incorporate ICTs in education and adopt digital lea…
July 6, 2021 HRDs stay mute during COVID19 What stands in our way? Are we procrastinating? The civil society is in shock of the lockdown, the human rights situation and the practices…
July 1, 2021 Access to Information is a Fundamental Right Have you ever imagined waking up to a world without Televisions, no radio stations relaying news and information and no newspapers on the s…
June 16, 2021 The sexual-assault crisis in Uganda: how cases are handled It’s devastating that 1 in every 5 women has been a victim of sexual assault. It is sad knowing that we live in a society that perpetuates …
June 8, 2021 Meet the Innovation Program Winning Teams #2 Four teams have been selected as winners of the second round of the Innovation Programme after successfully pitching their ideas that aim t…
June 2, 2021 ICT's opening the door to possibilities for PWDs ICT has the potential for making significant improvements in the lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs) by allowing them to live indepen…
April 6, 2021 Inclusion of PWDs - a responsibility for all How can we actively enhance participation and engagement of PWDs in everyday life and go beyond policies and regulations to being heard, se…
March 26, 2021 Podcast #6 Data and Privacy Protection in Uganda In 2019, Uganda passed the Data Protection and Privacy Act. In this podcast, Charity Mugasha nad Phillip Ayazika talk to Silver Kayondo, la…
March 24, 2021 Innovation Program - Our Winners After successfully pitching their digital ideas, four teams selected for the Innovation Programme will now be part of a six-month mentorshi…
March 24, 2021 Help Exists for Mental Health To be mentally ill and not know there is help is maybe the worst thing to experience. Mental health isn't something we can afford to ignore…
March 11, 2021 Creating a safer internet for the children Is the Internet safe for children? Children face negative experiences in the digital world, yet the internet is an integral part of our liv…
March 2, 2021 Internet Shutdown and Freedom of Expression Among all the benefits that have come with using the internet, it has accelerated the enjoyment of the freedom of expression and right to a…
Feb. 19, 2021 ICT4Advocacy CoP meets to strategize for 2021 Representatives from different organizations met for a networking event on the weekend of Saturday 6th, February 2021 in Soroti City. The a…
Feb. 15, 2021 Innovation program teams joining the Design Sprint The Innovation Programme, an initiative of the Digital Human Rights Lab and StarHub Africa seeks to create digital solutions that human rig…
Feb. 11, 2021 VPN use and the controversies surrounding it VPNs enable users to have online privacy and anonymity by creating a private network from a public internet connection. Especially during t…
Feb. 2, 2021 Are you familiar with the protection of your personal data? On January 28th we celebrated Data Privacy Day - the day when the world comes together to promote awareness about privacy, data protection …
Jan. 14, 2021 Is Your organisation ready for the next “pandemic”? Check out the DHRLab resources to build your Digital Resilience.
Nov. 12, 2020 Digital Human Rights Lab Projects At the Digital Human Rights Lab total of five Communities of Practice have been established. We are proud to present eight projects subsume…
Oct. 22, 2020 Remote Work: Do Organisations need a Long Term Plan Remote working is a working style that allows one to work from anywhere away from the traditional workspace. It has helped millions of busi…
Oct. 12, 2020 Holding the government accountable in times of crisis While engaging in practices to curb the spread of the virus, is the government being held accountable for the changes they are making durin…
Sept. 30, 2020 Art, Pride and a Pandemic: Celebrating Unity in Uganda Today, when you walk into the offices at Ice Breakers Uganda on Salaama Road, you are greeted by a large mural, painted by Fatuma Hassan (@…
Sept. 2, 2020 Mechanisms for collective and cross-sector support In repressive contexts, mechanisms for collective and cross-sector support, like alliances and collaboration can strengthen the local human…
Aug. 18, 2020 GenderBased Violence & COVID: is ICT the way to go? | DHRLab Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is any act that results or may result in physical, sexual, or psychosocial harm or suffering to women. It is d…
Aug. 5, 2020 BLM: Perspectives from the DHRLab-Community The death of George Floyd in May 2020 has unleashed a wave of indignation: People around the world keep on following the Black Lives Matter…
July 22, 2020 12 points to consider before sharing content online Smart citizens have a responsibility to stop the spread of fake news. This calls for the need to inform themselves with the facts and be su…
July 21, 2020 Navigating life during floods in the pandemic Charity Mugasha describes how the butcher Nuwasasira Sylvia manages her life despite adverse circumstances and lists how this courageous wo…
June 3, 2020 Challenges in Online Data Collection with PWDs Some of the challenges that may be encountered/faced during online data collection techniques in a research study with Persons with disabil…
May 18, 2020 Basic Research methods in HR work The global COVID-19 pandemic determines the headlines of current reporting and news. This is also the case for this website and our work at…
May 11, 2020 LGBTIQ rights in COVID-19 Lockdown Which effects the lockdown has for LGBTIQ and sex workers?
May 4, 2020 Current ICT approaches to enhance Access to Justice To enhance Access to Justice in Uganda, the use of ICT has been adopted by the government. But even before the formal adoption of ICT in Co…
April 22, 2020 Tracking Human Rights Violations during COVID19 The Covid19 pandemic has affected Uganda in as much as it has affected many parts of the world. Specifically, in Africa, governments are ta…
March 10, 2020 The Consequences of the OTT on Digital Divide In recent years, East African countries such as Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, introduced social media taxes with devastating effects on digi…
March 3, 2020 Why Some Organizational Partnerships Don’t Work Increasingly, words like “collaboration”, “partnerships” and “creating synergies” are words you might hear often. But many organizational h…
