Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the Refugee Law Project in Uganda

Peninah Kansiime; Sharlotte Tusasiirwe

doi:10.4324/9781315557359-41

Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the Refugee Law Project in Uganda

Peninah Kansiime
, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe

Makerere University

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Abstract

Uganda is one of the top 20 refugee-receiving nations in the world, with an influx of people fleeing conflict-ridden neighbouring countries such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Once in Uganda, many encounter personal challenges, while livelihood, legal, socioeconomic, and political issues require community-level responses. It falls mainly to local and international nongovernment organisations (INGOs) such as the Refugee Law Project (RLP), discussed in this chapter, to address these challenges. Also highlighted is social work’s empowerment and rights-based approach to working with war-related humanitarian refugees through the RLP. The chapter begins with a discussion of the socioeconomic and political context in which this work is conducted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	341-351
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317029380
ISBN (Print)	9781472468512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315557359-41
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes

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© 2017 selection and editorial matter, Mel Gray; individual chapters, the contributors.

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