Uganda: Land conflicts and their impact on refugee women's livelihoods

This paper presents the preliminary findings of a study of land conflicts between refugees and host communities in Southwestern Uganda and their impact on refugee women's livelihoods. Uganda has a long history of hosting refugees that dates back to the 1940s when it hosted Polish refugees.Refugees were placed in gazetted areas in close proximity to the local population. As the refugee situation became protracted, hospitality gave way to a competition fpr resources such as agricultural and grazing land, water and forest resources.