Our Reports
UKPC Annual Report 2021
The purpose of this report is to present an update on UKPC’s
achievements and progress towards achieving our commitments
to our communities – the key populations in Uganda.
The report provides a snapshot of our identity – our vision, mission, objectives and areas of focus in line with our operational framework. It is divided into the following three sections:
UKPC Annual Report 2020
This decade has started unlike any other in recent memory.
In a few short months, COVID-19 swept the world, and we
continue to face an unprecedented global emergency that
has affected everyone in ways large and small.
The disruption of the status quo has not left behind the key populations in Uganda and beyond. On the contrary, when the lockdowns were fast announced in Uganda in March 2020, a lot started changing.
UKPC Core Team and Steering Committee Meeting Report
On Thursday, 10 September, Uganda Key Populations Consortium (UKPC) held a national meeting that attracted
leaders from the Key Population communities under the consortium as well as partners. The meeting was aimed at
bringing the consortium up to date with what the platform has been doing, planned activities as well as setting
priorities for the consortium. The meeting was hosted by Sexual Minorities Uganda at the Hilton Garden Inn,
Kamwokya Kampala.
It was agreed upon that UKPC should influence the activities of KPIF in their second year of operation and a KPIF Meeting was put into a plan with the leaders tasked to use the following pointers in arranged for it.
Operational Framework Report
For close to four (4) months now, Uganda Key Populations Consortium (UKPC) has been in the process
of developing an Operation Framework that will streamline the operations of the organization. To achieve
this, a consultant was hired to oversee the process and as a result, conducted interviews with selected
organizations that led to the first sharing of the draft on September 10th, 2020 with the UKPC Steering
Committee members where feedback was provided.
To share and validate the revised Operational Framework
Rapid assessment
Rapid assessment on the impact of covid-19 among FSWS, AGYW and women living with HIV & AIDS in Uganda
AWAC worked with her grass root members and other community grass root champions from the main stream of women living with HIV and young people living with HIV to administer the rapid assessment from 30 districts across the country for example, via district coordinators under SWaSHE project and Peer leaders in the community the grass root level.
Assessment of Safety and Security
Assessment of Safety and Security Arrangements for HIV Programmes for Key Populations
The UKPC slogan is, “We are the community”, is a powerful statement because it reminds us that we can’t be where we want to be without putting our members first. Our priority is to ensure that all our members are safe, have access to opportunities, and realise their potential
The Peoples’s Voice Uganda
Since 2012, communities of People living with HIV (PLHIV), Key and Vulnerable
Populations (KVPs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), under the leadership of
the International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA), the
Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPS-Uganda) and Sexual
Minorities Uganda (SMUG) in collaboration with global partners including Health GAP
and AVAC have been monitoring and informing PEPFAR Country Operational Planning
(COP) processes.
Introduction: Developing “The People’s Voice”
UKPC Core Team and Steering Committee Meeting Report
On Thursday, 10 September, Uganda Key Populations Consortium (UKPC) held a national meeting that attracted
leaders from the Key Population communities under the consortium as well as partners. The meeting was aimed at
bringing the consortium up to date with what the platform has been doing, planned activities as well as setting
priorities for the consortium. The meeting was hosted by Sexual Minorities Uganda at the Hilton Garden Inn,
Kamwokya Kampala.
It was agreed upon that UKPC should influence the activities of KPIF in their second year of operation and a KPIF Meeting was put into a plan with the leaders tasked to use the following pointers in arranged for it.
Operational Framework Report
For close to four (4) months now, Uganda Key Populations Consortium (UKPC) has been in the process
of developing an Operation Framework that will streamline the operations of the organization. To achieve
this, a consultant was hired to oversee the process and as a result, conducted interviews with selected
organizations that led to the first sharing of the draft on September 10th, 2020 with the UKPC Steering
Committee members where feedback was provided.
To share and validate the revised Operational Framework
Rapid assessment
Rapid assessment on the impact of covid-19 among FSWS, AGYW and women living with HIV & AIDS in Uganda
AWAC worked with her grass root members and other community grass root champions from the main stream of women living with HIV and young people living with HIV to administer the rapid assessment from 30 districts across the country for example, via district coordinators under SWaSHE project and Peer leaders in the community the grass root level.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Although this report cannot exhaustively report on every case of human rights experienced by sex workers in Uganda, however the foregoing discussion is a clear indicator to show that there are a lot of human rights violations ongoing and sex workers increasingly find it hard to live a new normal life under COVID 19 and beyond. Both the non-state and state actors are responsible for violations of human rights of sex workers. And never the less, both the state and non-state actors are responsible for respecting,
protecting and promoting the human rights of sex workers
REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS EXPERIENCED BY SEX WORKERS DURING THE TOTAL COUNTRY LOCKDOWN DUE 19 PANDEMIC- 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Although this report cannot exhaustively report on every case of human rights experienced by sex workers in Uganda, however the foregoing discussion is a clear indicator to show that there are a lot of human rights violations ongoing and sex workers increasingly find it hard to live a new normal life under COVID 19 and beyond. Both the non-state and state actors are responsible for violations of human rights of sex workers. And never the less, both the state and non-state actors are responsible for respecting,
protecting and promoting the human rights of sex workers
REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS EXPERIENCED BY SEX WORKERS DURING THE TOTAL COUNTRY LOCKDOWN DUE 19 PANDEMIC- 2020
UHRN Covid 19 Situation Analysis Report for PWUDS
Although this report cannot exhaustively report on every case of human rights experienced by sex workers in Uganda, however the foregoing discussion is a clear indicator to show that there are a lot of human rights violations ongoing and sex workers increasingly find it hard to live a new normal life under COVID 19 and beyond. Both the non-state and state actors are responsible for violations of human rights of sex workers. And never the less, both the state and non-state actors are responsible for respecting,
protecting and promoting the human rights of sex workers
REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS EXPERIENCED BY SEX WORKERS DURING THE TOTAL COUNTRY LOCKDOWN DUE 19 PANDEMIC- 2020
UKPC_Virtual Town Hall Meeting Report
Although this report cannot exhaustively report on every case of human rights experienced by sex workers in Uganda, however the foregoing discussion is a clear indicator to show that there are a lot of human rights violations ongoing and sex workers increasingly find it hard to live a new normal life under COVID 19 and beyond. Both the non-state and state actors are responsible for violations of human rights of sex workers. And never the less, both the state and non-state actors are responsible for respecting,
protecting and promoting the human rights of sex workers
REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS EXPERIENCED BY SEX WORKERS DURING THE TOTAL COUNTRY LOCKDOWN DUE 19 PANDEMIC- 2020
UCCM Constituency Engagement Meeting
On Thursday, April 20
th 2020, the Uganda Key Populations Consortium (UKPC) held the
Uganda Country Coordinating Mechanism (UCCM) Constituency Engagement Meeting virtually via Zoom and physically at Grand Global Hotel, Kikoni, Kampala.
The meeting aimed to allow constituency members to hear from their UCCM representatives, the new Global Fund C19RM grant, and hear from key stakeholders from government and developing agencies on KP trends in Uganda.
