UNHCR Monthly Protection Update Urban Protection Response U k November/December 2018N Term 1, 2019 with these additional facilities in place. Capital Key Figures City Authority has also approved plans for the construction of a four- classroom block and kitchen 52,620 demolition and rebuild at Total number of persons Primary School in Kampala. of concern to UNHCR registered in urban areas . Kampala hosted a 2 day Christmas Refugee Market at Kira Road Police 75% Station that attracted refugees and Are registered refugees host community. The market showcased creativity and UNHCR and Partners at the Kampala Urban 25% Protection dialogue innovativeness in the crafts, arts, Are registered asylum dance and drama, refugees from seekers Monthly Developments settlements also participated.

. Following two sub-national . A community dialogue with refugee 49% protection dialogues between leaders, OPM, UNHCR and Interaid Are registered females UNHCR, OPM and other key was held at the community centre in CHILD PROTECTION stakeholders in Mbarara and Kabusu. The main issues discussed Gulu in early 2018, the were resettlement related, health Number of 211 Operation held a national care, education opportunities and separated protection dialogue for the livelihood initiatives for the urban Children management of urban refugees refugees. Number of 19 in Kampala on 03 & 04 Unaccompanied December 2018. The dialogue Sexual and Gender Based Violence: Children aimed at strengthening the . From Jan- Dec 2018, 167 incidents Number of other 316 protection programming and (56M/111F) were reported and children with coordination mechanisms in the specific needs documented in the GBVIMS with urban operation. The Urban following incidents: 121 rape, 32 Number of 32 Refugee Protection Working physical assault, 08 Children in Foster Group will be relevant to ensure Care psychological/emotional abuse, 4 a coherent and coordinated sexual assault, 1 forced marriage and approach to achieving protection 1 denial of resources. There were 11 SGBV INCIDENTS (Jan-Dec 2018) outcomes and to provide new incidents (9 rape and 2 physical national level guidance and assault) reported in December. Incident Number support as required. Among the survivors were 9 females Rape 121 . In ongoing efforts to support and 2 males. They received the access to quality education for required multi-sectoral response Physical Assault 32 urban refugees in Kampala, based on their need and consent. Psychological/ 8 UNHCR constructed classrooms . The underreporting of SGBV cases Emotional abuse and latrines for Uganda Martyrs remains a major concern due to a Sexual assault 4 Primary School in , variety of factors including fear of Forced Marriage 1 , building of an stigma, shame, family reaction and eight-stance waterborne latrine dissolution, perception of SGBV as a Denial of resources 1 block is also programmed for private matter, or lack of confidence Total 167 Muslim Primary School, in reporting channels. According to both schools are set to reopen for the SGBV inter-agency assessment conducted in July and August 2018, the protection risks include violence, physical assaults, prevalence of SGBV is high among the refugees psychosocial, corporal punishment, sexual abuse, but it is under reported due to survival early/forced marriages, trafficking, discrimination complexities in urban setting. Home, water and neglect against children with disabilities. points, on the way from school or work at night . To address the above, InterAid Uganda through (dark corners in slums and streets) are common forging partnerships with relevant national places where SGBV occurs. Most survivors institutions including the National Council for remain silent due to fear of reprimanding and/or Children, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social mistrust on getting supported if reported. Development (MoGLSD) and other Child Protection service providers advocate for inclusion Access to legal assistance and legal remedies of refugee children in national child protection and . Through meetings with the Local Chairpersons social services. Best Interest procedures have been and relevant authorities, IAU has observed that established, a BID panel, child protection there is a general lack of awareness of the committees, foster care arrangements and child community structures to engage and/or initiate protection community structures continue to be resolutions aimed at settling matters without engaged on a needs basis and on the availability of involving the judicial and local administrative resources. UASCs have been placed in Foster Care bodies. arrangements, foster carers trained and provided with IGA support to boost their livelihood. Both Legal Assistance & Advocacy Conducted school going and out of -school adolescents and youths have been targeted for various support Activity Reached 2018 including provision of life skills, reproductive Target Jan-Dec skills, health facilities, and vocational skills trainings. Legal assistance and legal 16,582 26,912 remedies provided through legal individual persons Persons with Specific Needs (PSNs) aid clinics, detention visits, cases of alternative dispute resolutions, identified concern . The 2017 AGD findings on the persons with legal referrals and legal fees. and disabilities, older persons, single parents and These include physical and/or assisted LGBTIs’ indicated that they not only suffer from legal protection, SGBV and child discrimination, social and economic exclusion, protection related cases. language barrier, abuse and exploitation, but also Advocacy interventions faced challenges unique to their specific needs. conducted include refugees in . Persons with disabilities presented challenges of 07 07 national justice systems through sessions sessions mobility due to lack of assistive devices, high coordination, meetings, education costs and access to special needs schools, dialogues with police officers, local council leaders, KCCA in lack of livelihood support to be able to meet their urban divisions of Kisenyi, basic requirements including housing while Older Kansanga, Bukesa and Lugabga persons suffer chronic ailments, lack of livelihood opportunities and have changing roles and practices as caretakers of UASC. Child Protection . The 2017 participatory assessment exercise, Education reaffirmed that the major causes of protection risks . Access to quality education, school fees and faced by children stem from limited access to associated costs are limited or over-stretched in livelihood opportunities available to their Kampala schools, the lack of awareness and/or parents/caregivers. Child labour ranks high capacity of some parents and caretakers to support amongst the key protection risks that refugee their children are major challenges in the urban children out of school (42% of the 33,938 school operation. going age children (3 – 17 years) face. Other . At secondary school level, affirmative action shall livelihood opportunities, engage key stakeholders be taken to ensure increased enrolment, retention like Local Council Chairpersons, KCCA and completion of the girl child through provision department heads, Ministry line departments in of scholarships for vulnerable children, support with community mobilization and outreach activities. infrastructure, furniture, teaching and learning . In December, a second community centre was materials. identified in , where the majority of refugees live, to widen the coverage and accessibility within the urban. . Refugee volunteers expressed need for capacity building on leadership skills, national legislations, life skills to better serve and feedback their communities.

Self-reliance and livelihoods . The Livelihoods/CBI Unit in UNHCR received some funds for Livelihood support to urban UNHCR’s Senior Education Officer, Lucy Strickland participated in refugees in urban areas, together with IAU the ceremonial handover at Uganda Martyrs Primary School in livelihood staff drafted SOPs to guide the cash- Kampala with KCCA Executive Director, Dr . Photo © KCCA Nov 2018 based support to identified beneficiaries, they have . In addition to construction efforts, UNHCR, been supported to open up bank accounts with the through its urban partner InterAid Uganda (IAU), is financial service provider-Equity Bank, in preparation for the cash disbursements. supporting schools with furniture and scholastic . Despite funding shortfalls, the following accessed materials. In addition to this, UNHCR is working the Antonio Guterres Community centre; with teachers across its target primary schools in urban Kampala to help equip them with the relevant Activities conducted at the Antonio Guterres Ministry- endorsed tools to regularly collect Community Centre. enrolment, attendance and performance data on Course Number Male Female comments refugee students. Such data is key to understanding /Skills the education trends of this dynamic population. Access . UNHCR is currently leading a research study into Tailoring 12 6 6 There is need for training second instructor formal and non-formal learning opportunities and to handle the protection needs of urban and Settlement-based embroidery component refugee and host community adolescents and youth. Basic Classes stopped till The outcomes of which will also inform the urban computer 3rd Dec the trainer education landscape and how best UNHCR can application is on leave training support safe access to and quality of education and English 83 31 52 Level 1-3 learning. Language training French 8 4 4 Community Mobilisation Language . In 2018, InterAid continued to build the capacity of training Internet 142 103 39 community based structures to effectively deliver Cafe protection and assistance through increasing Hair 8 0 8 06 youth refugee participation in their own activities, equip dressing participated training community centres with six computers to increase Access to 42 Registered at the access to information, equip community centres employment KCCA Employment with relevant information materials to enhance Bureau.

Statelessness . In December 2018, UNHCR organized a training on statelessness for stakeholders from the citizenship and immigration department, Uganda Human rights commission(UHRC), Ministry of internal affairs, Refugee Law Project (RLP) also the plight and negative impact of being stateless and the restrictive measures of acquiring a nationality was shared by 02 stateless persons from Tanzania and Uganda. UHRC has submitted some proposals to parliament of Uganda for consideration. Needs and Gaps . Although coordination among urban stakeholders has greatly improved in 2018, the need to profile urban service providers and jointly assess actual resource gaps in the urban to inform planning and budgeting for the protection needs of the urban growing population of refugees and host communities remains a gap. . The inexistence of a refugee welfare council limits effective protection monitoring by service providers, community participation and effective individual case management of protection cases and most vulnerable cases. . The SGBV referral pathway is jointly being developed for the urban however prevention and response services are not adequate, many SGBV survivors rely on community structures mainly because of delays in access to justice and limited resources which often re-victimizes them.

PARTNERS The Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) - Directorate of Refugees, UNHCR’s Government counterpart. InterAid Uganda (IAU). A local Non-Governmental Organization, International Office for Migration (IOM), Refugee Law Project (RLP), Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP), African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV), ActionAid Uganda, Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), Windle International Uganda (WIU), Finn Church Aid (FCA), Jesuit Relief Services (JRS) and Ministry of Gender, labour and Social development (MGLSD), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Centre for Women in Governance (CEWIGO), Care and Assistance for Forced Migrants (CAFOMI), Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU).

CONTACTS Collin Otee ([email protected])