Keyword Archives: security
Accountability and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda
By Khristopher Carlson and Dyan Mazurana. 2010. Sharanjeet Parmar, Mindy Jane Roseman, Saudamini Siegrist, and Theo Sowa (eds.) Children and Transitional Justice: Truth-Telling, Accountability and Reconciliation. Harvard University Press.
Posted in Book Chapters, Publications
Keywords: human rights, justice, security
Livelihoods, Power and Choice (Presentation Slides)
Presentation slides for the Livelihoods, Power and Choice project findings.
Posted in Presentations, Publications
Keywords: Darfur, livelihoods, nutrition, pastoralism, security, trade
After the Taliban: Life and Security in Rural Afghanistan
By Neamattolah Nojumi, Dyan Mazurana, and Elizabeth Stites. 2008. Rowman & Littlefield: Oxford & Boulder.
Posted in Books, Publications
Keywords: global war on terror, security, taliban, war
Angering Akuju
Karamoja is the poorest and least developed region of Uganda. The population experiences chronic food insecurity, little access to basic services, the weakening of traditional livelihood systems, ongoing insecurity, human rights violations and a near complete lack of law and order institutions. Armed raiding of livestock and associated loss of life and destruction of property are common and pervasive. Economic investment and development is minimal due to the threat of road ambushes and lack of transport and communication infrastructure. Attention to the region, however, on the part of national and international agencies, donors, and Ugandan legislators is growing. This field-based report provides an in-depth analysis of key aspects affecting livelihood strategies and human security in the region, as well as broad recommendations for local, national and international actors seeking to expand their knowledge, policies or programming in the Karamoja region.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: Karamoja, livelihoods, security
Movement as a Livelihood and Protective Strategy in Northern Uganda
By Elizabeth Stites. Humanitarian Exchange, December 2006.
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: migration, security
Human Security and the Pivotal Role of Science in Achieving It
Inauguration address for the Irwin H. Rosenberg Professorship of Nutrition and Human Security
Posted in Presentations, Publications
Keywords: security
Movement on the Margins
The protracted conflict in northern Uganda has created profound insecurity, brought the widespread loss of agrarian livelihoods, and pushed nearly two million people into internal displacement camps. With the current cessation of hostilities between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army and the government of Uganda, many people are increasingly on the move in northern Uganda, whether moving in and out of camps on a daily or seasonal basis, moving between camps and semi-settled villages, or returning to their pre-war homes.
Human Security and Livelihoods of Rural Afghans
This report documents and analyzes recent countrywide trends in the relationship between human security and livelihoods throughout rural Afghanistan from 2002-2003. All countrywide information is generated by analyses of 2003 Nationwide Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) survey data. All analyses of NRVA data, unless otherwise noted, are conducted by the Tufts University team. In addition, the report includes detailed analyses on six provinces based on primary research by the Tufts team in Badghis, Balkh, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, and Nangarhar.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: livelihoods, security
In Search of Security
The war and humanitarian crises engulfing northern Uganda are intricately linked with the armed conflict and unrest in eastern Uganda and southern Sudan. As a result of the links between the upheavals in these three areas, a vicious cycle of interlocked armed conflict and insecurity exists across the region. Yet the current policy of key international donor governments, the World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union of addressing these conflicts in relative isolation may ultimately guarantee that armed conflict continues in the region.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: conflict, security
Mapping the Security Environment
The data presented and analyzed by the study in three cases-Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone-offers intriguing and provocative look at the wide-ranging security needs of local communities and the uneven extent to which these are understood and responded to by major international institutions.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: government, security