Browsing by Author "Kamya, Sarah"

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    Facilitating the Transition of Adolescents and Emerging Adults From Care Into Employment in Kampala, Uganda: A Case Study of Uganda Youth Development Link
    (Emerging adulthood, 2020) Mukisa Bukuluki, Paul; Kamya, Sarah; Kasirye, Rogers; Nabulya, Anna
    Uganda has an increasing number of vulnerable youth in care who require support to transition into adult life. This article explores the agency enablers and the factors which hinder adolescents and emerging adults transitioning from care to adulthood, with an emphasis on the transition into work taking a case study of the Uganda Youth Development Link. Cross-sectional and case study designs were employed using structured questionnaires, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. Results show that care programs helped care leavers gain skills that facilitated self-reliance through employment in the formal sector and self employment, a savings culture and expansion of social networks. Enablers included the mentors, exchange learning visits, placements with businesses, and positive social support networks. Unaffordable business premises, stigma and discrimination, limited access to credit, and insecurity inhibited successful post care transition. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of agency and structure in the transition out of care in Uganda.
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    Human Rights Abuse and Deprivation of Childhood: A Case of Girl Mothers in Northern Uganda
    (Springer International Publishing, 2017) Kamya, Sarah
    There is widespread consensus among the children’s rights activists, including policy makers, stakeholders from the child protection sector and academics, among others, on the critical importance of addressing the protection and promotion of the rights of the girl child. Girls still bear the worst human rights abuses during armed conflict and after (Mazurana and Carlson 2006). Using the case of the Gulu District in Uganda, this paper assesses how human rights abuses deprived girl mothers of their childhood. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (1989) considers childhood as a separate space from adulthood and recognizes that what is appropriate for an adult may not be suitable for a child. Despite the intellectual debate about the definition of childhood and cultural differences about what to expect for and from children, there has been always a substantial degree of shared understanding that childhood implies a separate and safe space demarcated from adulthood in which children can grow, play and develop (UNICEF 2007). Childhood means more than just the time between birth and the attainment of adulthood. It also refers to the state and condition of a child’s life, to the quality of those years. Childhood is also understood as the early phase of the life course of all people in all societies. It is characterized by rapid physiological and psychological development, and represents the beginning of the process of maturation to adulthood (James and James 2012).
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    Increasing Condom Use Without Reducing HIV Risk: Results of a Controlled Community Trial in Uganda
    (JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2005) Kajubi, Phoebe; Kamya, Moses R.; Kamya, Sarah; Chen, Sanny; McFarland, Willi; Hearst, Norman
    Although consistent condom use is effective in reducing individual risk for HIV infection, the public health impact of condom promotion in a generalized epidemic is less clear. We assess the change in condom uptake and number of sex partners after a condom promotion trial in Kampala, Uganda. Methods: Two similar poor urban communities near Kampala were randomized. One received a condom promotion program that taught condom technical use skills in workshops for men aged 18 to 30 years (n = 297) and encouraged condom use. Men in the control community (n = 201) received a brief informational presentation about AIDS. Participants received coupons redeemable for free condoms from distributors in both communities and completed questionnaires at baseline and 6 months later.