Civic engagement in Uganda: Outlining our gender-specific findings

Monica Akinyi Kay, Tiffany Xiangtong Liang, Salim Kombo

SECTOR

Social sustainability

PROJECT TYPE

Thematic analysis

DOI

https://doi.org/10.62372/KNRR1483

Location

Uganda

BEHAVIORAL THEME

Self efficacy || Nudges || Framing

OVERVIEW

At Busara, we have been working with different Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania since 2015 to understand how communities engage with centers of non-political power(namely religious leaders/organizations, advocacy groups, and community based organizations). Through this engagement, we were looking to learn what drives civic engagement and how CSOs and activist groups can leverage behavioral knowledge to promote increased civic engagement and participation.

THEMATIC AREAS

In this Groundwork we will reflect on past work we have done with CSOs since 2015 and establish the most significant learnings related to gender in civic engagement and the implications of these findings on project design moving forward. Based on these findings, we develop recommendations for CSOs to enhance their strategies to reduce the gender gap in civic engagement both in Uganda and beyond.