Covid-19

Especially in times of global crisis it is our task to beware of and address various human rights violations linked to the current Covid-19 pandemic.

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Strategy Emergency Response Fund

Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI) initiated the Strategy Emergency Response Fund (SERF) to safeguard human rights violations happening during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

Recent blog posts on Covid-19

Sept. 5, 2022

Balancing Human Rights Activism and Self-Care in the Digital Era

Human rights activists are exposed to mental health and psychological well-being challenges, fear, and grief, all of which can lead to long…

Aug. 3, 2022

Fact Checking as an Advocacy Tool For Journalists

The Debunk Show team is establishing Uganda's first fact-checking organization. So much to look forward to, experience, and learn. During t…

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 jus…

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…

July 14, 2021

Mental Health Support

Mental health, including anxiety and depression can be a real issue especially during this period of lockdown in Uganda. Many people might …

Feb. 3, 2021

Podcast SPECIAL: SRI live @88.4FM Voice of Teso

In this recording of a 88.4FM Voice of Teso radio show, Chanwat Brian Geoffrey talks about his work at SRI and joins a discussion on Digit…

Dec. 21, 2020

DHRLab Achievements 2020

Looking back on the past 12 months, many unexpected events shook societies all over the world and disrupted the way we live and work in 202…

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Dec. 21, 2020

List of Emergency Contacts for HRDs

The Digital Human Rights Lab is cognizant of the vital work that human rights defenders do in Uganda on a daily basis. At some point in the…

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 (@…

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. 11, 2020

Podcast #2 Defending Human Rights in the Digital Age

In the second episode of Human Rights and the Digital Podcast, Charity Mugasha and Phillip Ayazika, together with their guest Brian Geoffre…

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…

July 17, 2020

Highlights from Pollicy’s Disinformation Webinar

Disinformation and Misinformation including lots of the Covid19 related fake news have recently been on the rise and spreading faster than …

July 15, 2020

What is the impact of Covid19 on the jurisdiction?

The coronavirus disease is causing serious disruptions in various facets of the Ugandan society - Amongst others the legal system. What is …

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?

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…

April 17, 2020

Safeguarding Human Rights Defenders during COVID-19

We call for your innovative ideas to safeguard human rights and its defenders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

View all blog posts on Covid-19

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