Across East Africa’s pastoralist areas, people’s livelihoods are increasingly diversified. Although education is a pathway to positive livelihood options, levels of formal education and literacy in these areas fall far…
Barbara Athieno
Barbara is the Uganda based focal point for the Mercy Corps Apolou research activities in Karamoja. She is responsible for conducting and administering research as well as liaising with consortium partners and relevant stakeholders.
Barbara’s recent research has focused on agriculture, business, education, health care, water management, hygiene and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, nutrition and child growth, and gender. Prior to joining Feinstein, Barbara was a team leader for a variety of research projects in Uganda, most recently completing two studies on education with Research Solutions Africa.
Barbara received her bachelor’s from Makerere University in Uganda and is completing her master’s in research and public policy at Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi.
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This brief investigates the perceptions and experiences of young women related to wealth, livelihoods, and aspirations in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region.
This brief investigates how wealth, wealth equality, and food security have changed in specific villages in four districts in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda from 2018 to 2021/22.
This study aimed to better understand changes in and perceptions of wealth and equality in four counties in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda.
This scoping report investigates barriers, benefits, and “terms of inclusion” for girls’ education in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda.
This briefing paper examines how various shocks affected youth in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda in 2020 and early 2021.
This paper analyzes and investigates young people’s interactions with savings and credit associations and how this contributed to livelihood strategies.
This report presents findings on the experiences and aspirations of male and female youth as they interact with the economic and aid systems in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. This…
This report reflects findings from the baseline quantitative study of a four-year research project in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. We describe different aspects of wealth, such as animal-related wealth…