ISER
@iseruganda.bsky.social
ISER is an independent nonprofit human rights organization with a mission to enhance realization of social and economic rights through innovative approaches to research, capacity building, social mobilization and advocacy
Day 2 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in Nairobi!
Today, ISER demands that Member States treat Article 5 — Taxation of High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) — with the urgency it deserves.
#TaxTheRich
Read our full press release on our demands.
Today, ISER demands that Member States treat Article 5 — Taxation of High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) — with the urgency it deserves.
#TaxTheRich
Read our full press release on our demands.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Day 2 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in Nairobi!
Today, ISER demands that Member States treat Article 5 — Taxation of High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) — with the urgency it deserves.
#TaxTheRich
Read our full press release on our demands.
Today, ISER demands that Member States treat Article 5 — Taxation of High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs) — with the urgency it deserves.
#TaxTheRich
Read our full press release on our demands.
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Hello from Uganda! 🌍 We’ve kicked off our monitoring trip by meeting incredible human rights organizations supported by KIOS, along with other local civil society actors. These groups are doing vital work—promoting human rights, access to education, and land rights across Uganda.
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hello from Uganda! 🌍 We’ve kicked off our monitoring trip by meeting incredible human rights organizations supported by KIOS, along with other local civil society actors. These groups are doing vital work—promoting human rights, access to education, and land rights across Uganda.
Reposted by ISER
Terveisiä Ugandasta! 🌍 Monitorointimatkalla tavataan KIOSin tukemia ihmisoikeusjärjestöjä sekä paikallisia kansalaisyhteiskunnan toimijoita. Järjestöt tekevät arvokasta työtä edistäen ihmisoikeuksia, koulutuksen saavutettavuutta ja maaoikeuksia Ugandassa. Pysy kuulolla – tarinoita kentältä tulossa!
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Terveisiä Ugandasta! 🌍 Monitorointimatkalla tavataan KIOSin tukemia ihmisoikeusjärjestöjä sekä paikallisia kansalaisyhteiskunnan toimijoita. Järjestöt tekevät arvokasta työtä edistäen ihmisoikeuksia, koulutuksen saavutettavuutta ja maaoikeuksia Ugandassa. Pysy kuulolla – tarinoita kentältä tulossa!
The National Social Protection Dialogue 2025 is happening today! Our Executive Director, Angella K. Nabwowe will be joining other panelists to discuss the critical role of social protection in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).
#socialprotectionmonth2025
#socialprotectionmonth2025
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The National Social Protection Dialogue 2025 is happening today! Our Executive Director, Angella K. Nabwowe will be joining other panelists to discuss the critical role of social protection in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).
#socialprotectionmonth2025
#socialprotectionmonth2025
October 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Today, Wednesday 1st October, 2025 is the #InternationalDayofOlderPersons! Join our partners in the CSO Working Group on Social Protection for a live & important conversation on social protection for older persons on
@Next Radio at 7:00 PM (EAT).
#APeoplesPension #socialprotection
@Next Radio at 7:00 PM (EAT).
#APeoplesPension #socialprotection
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today, Wednesday 1st October, 2025 is the #InternationalDayofOlderPersons! Join our partners in the CSO Working Group on Social Protection for a live & important conversation on social protection for older persons on
@Next Radio at 7:00 PM (EAT).
#APeoplesPension #socialprotection
@Next Radio at 7:00 PM (EAT).
#APeoplesPension #socialprotection
Today, 25th Sept., we expect to receive the ruling of the High Court, Civil Division on the Attorney General’s preliminary objection of res judicata in a case challenging the detention of women in health facilities due to failure to pay medical bills.
Read our report iser-uganda.org/publication/...
Read our report iser-uganda.org/publication/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Today, 25th Sept., we expect to receive the ruling of the High Court, Civil Division on the Attorney General’s preliminary objection of res judicata in a case challenging the detention of women in health facilities due to failure to pay medical bills.
Read our report iser-uganda.org/publication/...
Read our report iser-uganda.org/publication/...
As we celebrate #DemocracyDay today, ISER's ED,
Angella K. Nabwowe, is participating in discussions around the link between democracy & economic justice at the University of Ghana Department of Economics organized by Open Society Foundations &IDEAS Africa Network.
Angella K. Nabwowe, is participating in discussions around the link between democracy & economic justice at the University of Ghana Department of Economics organized by Open Society Foundations &IDEAS Africa Network.
September 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
As we celebrate #DemocracyDay today, ISER's ED,
Angella K. Nabwowe, is participating in discussions around the link between democracy & economic justice at the University of Ghana Department of Economics organized by Open Society Foundations &IDEAS Africa Network.
Angella K. Nabwowe, is participating in discussions around the link between democracy & economic justice at the University of Ghana Department of Economics organized by Open Society Foundations &IDEAS Africa Network.
Social protection is not a matter of discretion; it is a RIGHT. Read Jackson Wandera's OpEd in The Daily Monitor
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monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#SocialProtectionUG
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monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#SocialProtectionUG
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Social protection is not a matter of discretion; it is a RIGHT. Read Jackson Wandera's OpEd in The Daily Monitor
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monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#SocialProtectionUG
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monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#SocialProtectionUG
As world leaders begin Session 2 of the UN Tax Convention negotiations in New York today, the future of our digital economy is on the table. Will global rules finally be fair for countries like Uganda? We're watching closely. #TaxJusticeUG #UNTaxTalks #UNTaxConvention
August 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As world leaders begin Session 2 of the UN Tax Convention negotiations in New York today, the future of our digital economy is on the table. Will global rules finally be fair for countries like Uganda? We're watching closely. #TaxJusticeUG #UNTaxTalks #UNTaxConvention
Unless public participation is recognized as a constitutional imperative, even in high-value, complex contracts, citizens will remain spectators in decisions that profoundly affect their lives - George Mudonyi opines about the Lubowa hospital judgment.
#ReclaimPublicServices
#ReclaimPublicServices
August 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Unless public participation is recognized as a constitutional imperative, even in high-value, complex contracts, citizens will remain spectators in decisions that profoundly affect their lives - George Mudonyi opines about the Lubowa hospital judgment.
#ReclaimPublicServices
#ReclaimPublicServices
We have convened an inception meeting for the project “A People’s Pension - Phase II” aimed at deepening efforts to advance legal reform, sustainable financing & public engagement for a universal, rights-based pension system in Uganda.
@byinsects.bsky.social
#APeoplesPension #SocialProtectionUG
@byinsects.bsky.social
#APeoplesPension #SocialProtectionUG
July 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We have convened an inception meeting for the project “A People’s Pension - Phase II” aimed at deepening efforts to advance legal reform, sustainable financing & public engagement for a universal, rights-based pension system in Uganda.
@byinsects.bsky.social
#APeoplesPension #SocialProtectionUG
@byinsects.bsky.social
#APeoplesPension #SocialProtectionUG
Don't punish school girls for getting pregnant. A pregnant girl is often punished harsher than her sexual abuser. Leaders frame teenage pregnancy as a moral failing, ignoring its reality as a dev't emergency & a human rights crisis. Read Labila Sumayah Musoke's OpEd www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Don't punish school girls for getting pregnant. A pregnant girl is often punished harsher than her sexual abuser. Leaders frame teenage pregnancy as a moral failing, ignoring its reality as a dev't emergency & a human rights crisis. Read Labila Sumayah Musoke's OpEd www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
Today we join the Ministry of Public Service Uganda and 40+ gov't Ministries Departments and Agencies to commemorate #APSD2025. We reiterate our call to the Government of Uganda to reverse decades of cuts towards public health and education Uganda.
#ReclaimPublicServices
#ReclaimPublicServices
July 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Today we join the Ministry of Public Service Uganda and 40+ gov't Ministries Departments and Agencies to commemorate #APSD2025. We reiterate our call to the Government of Uganda to reverse decades of cuts towards public health and education Uganda.
#ReclaimPublicServices
#ReclaimPublicServices
Expelled from school for being pregnant: Is it protection or abuse?
We are taking the conversation outside the meeting rooms. Join/follow the conversation live on @933kfm, 7pm today.
@reprorights.bsky.social
We are taking the conversation outside the meeting rooms. Join/follow the conversation live on @933kfm, 7pm today.
@reprorights.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Expelled from school for being pregnant: Is it protection or abuse?
We are taking the conversation outside the meeting rooms. Join/follow the conversation live on @933kfm, 7pm today.
@reprorights.bsky.social
We are taking the conversation outside the meeting rooms. Join/follow the conversation live on @933kfm, 7pm today.
@reprorights.bsky.social
In Uganda, 22% of adolescent girls drop out of school due to pregnancy, and only 8% ever return to complete their education locking them into cycles of poverty and disadvantage they did not choose.
Follow the conversation this morning on Bukedde TV at 10am.
@reprorights.bsky.social
Follow the conversation this morning on Bukedde TV at 10am.
@reprorights.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
In Uganda, 22% of adolescent girls drop out of school due to pregnancy, and only 8% ever return to complete their education locking them into cycles of poverty and disadvantage they did not choose.
Follow the conversation this morning on Bukedde TV at 10am.
@reprorights.bsky.social
Follow the conversation this morning on Bukedde TV at 10am.
@reprorights.bsky.social
Social security is a human right—not a handout.
This morning, together with our partner
@byinsects.bsky.social, we are launching a working paper comparing social pension reforms across Africa and what Uganda must do to protect its older citizens.
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
This morning, together with our partner
@byinsects.bsky.social, we are launching a working paper comparing social pension reforms across Africa and what Uganda must do to protect its older citizens.
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
June 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Social security is a human right—not a handout.
This morning, together with our partner
@byinsects.bsky.social, we are launching a working paper comparing social pension reforms across Africa and what Uganda must do to protect its older citizens.
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
This morning, together with our partner
@byinsects.bsky.social, we are launching a working paper comparing social pension reforms across Africa and what Uganda must do to protect its older citizens.
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
📍Yumbe District
Our engagements with faith leaders using the Channels of Hope methodology continue this week. We are empowering faith leaders in Yumbe to champion education for pregnant girls & adolescent mothers.
#EducationforAll
Our engagements with faith leaders using the Channels of Hope methodology continue this week. We are empowering faith leaders in Yumbe to champion education for pregnant girls & adolescent mothers.
#EducationforAll
June 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📍Yumbe District
Our engagements with faith leaders using the Channels of Hope methodology continue this week. We are empowering faith leaders in Yumbe to champion education for pregnant girls & adolescent mothers.
#EducationforAll
Our engagements with faith leaders using the Channels of Hope methodology continue this week. We are empowering faith leaders in Yumbe to champion education for pregnant girls & adolescent mothers.
#EducationforAll
Join us & @byinsects.bsky.social as we share findings published in a Working Paper - "A People’s Pension: Comparative Perspectives from Southern and Eastern Africa", Tune in to @nbstv.bsky.social on Wed. 25th June, 10:30am - 11:30am.
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
@rasmusjs.bsky.social
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
@rasmusjs.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Join us & @byinsects.bsky.social as we share findings published in a Working Paper - "A People’s Pension: Comparative Perspectives from Southern and Eastern Africa", Tune in to @nbstv.bsky.social on Wed. 25th June, 10:30am - 11:30am.
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
@rasmusjs.bsky.social
#APeoplesPension
#SocialProtectionUG
@rasmusjs.bsky.social
Today, we are convening a national stakeholder dialogue on the prevention and management of teenage pregnancies in school settings.
June 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today, we are convening a national stakeholder dialogue on the prevention and management of teenage pregnancies in school settings.
Is expelling a pregnant learner from school a form of protection or a violation of their right? Join ISER and @Mutuzo_M for a live X space conversation as we explore this critical and often controversial question. Today, Tuesday 17th June, 7:30pm.
@reprorights.bsky.social
@reprorights.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Is expelling a pregnant learner from school a form of protection or a violation of their right? Join ISER and @Mutuzo_M for a live X space conversation as we explore this critical and often controversial question. Today, Tuesday 17th June, 7:30pm.
@reprorights.bsky.social
@reprorights.bsky.social
@ISERUganda welcomes the renewed committed by Hon. Janet Museveni & Min. of Educ. to review the National Sexuality Education Framework after 7 years since its adoption. This Framework is critical for safeguarding adolescents’ right to health among many other goals.
@reprorights.bsky.social
@reprorights.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@ISERUganda welcomes the renewed committed by Hon. Janet Museveni & Min. of Educ. to review the National Sexuality Education Framework after 7 years since its adoption. This Framework is critical for safeguarding adolescents’ right to health among many other goals.
@reprorights.bsky.social
@reprorights.bsky.social
As we continue to celebrate #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, we must reflect more on why we are witnessing increasing prevalence of the vice despite the progressive legal & policy frameworks in the country; ISER ED opines in today's
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#EndChildLabour
@enabel.be
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#EndChildLabour
@enabel.be
We need concerted effort to end child labour
As elaborated by the UNGPs, businesses have a corporate responsibility to respect human rights
monitor.co.ug
June 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
As we continue to celebrate #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, we must reflect more on why we are witnessing increasing prevalence of the vice despite the progressive legal & policy frameworks in the country; ISER ED opines in today's
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#EndChildLabour
@enabel.be
monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
#EndChildLabour
@enabel.be