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Authors:Grace Lubaale Pages: 17 - 31 Abstract: Kyambogo University (KyU) is one of Uganda’s nine public universities. Like any other University, KyU is experiencing gender imbalance in science disciplines. This comes with glaring development implications in a country of 34.6 million people, women being the majority. This paper presents results from the study that focused on the nature of gender imbalance in science disciplines at KyU; its causes, development implications, and possible remedies. The study followed a mixed methods approach that combined desk review and in-depth interviews. Documents reviewed produced quantitative data using the checklist while in-depth interviews generated qualitative data that was collected through face-to-face interaction with 42 respondents. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data was analysed through content analysis. Findings indicate that the nature of gender imbalance in science disciplines is reflected in the admissions and completion; while causes are patriarchy, gender stereotypes, and limited mentorship. The development implications on women and society are in terms of low enrolments, self-esteem, academic staff recruitment, and education returns. The study concludes that gender imbalance in science disciplines at KyU is a reality, socially constructed, and can be deconstructed. In order to enhance gender balance in science disciplines, this study recommends creating science awareness in primary and secondary schools, providing scholarships for females to offer sciences at university, affirmative action through STEM Programme, empower the people at KyU to explore the Gender policy and strengthening the Gender Mainstreaming Directorate while ensuring appropriate gender monitoring and evaluation processes. PubDate: 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1. Issue No:Vol. 8, No. 1 (2022)
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Authors:Nibretu Kebede, Degefa Tolossa, Tamirat Tefera Pages: 33 - 44 Abstract: This paper analyzed the determinants of energy choice for domestic use in informal settlements of Addis Ababa based on the data generated from 450 households in Yeka Sub-city, Woreda 12. The descriptive analysis of data showed that household heads from 30-60 years of age, education above grade 4, suitability of the dwelling place to the urban plan, number of years lived in the area, availability and reliability of energy sources, and food consumption behaviors significantly affected households access to electricity. Households that lived more than 9 years, families with higher levels of income, employed on permanent basis, living in a good shelter and large number of rooms has better access to electricity while land title and size owned, electric tariffs and proximity to electric line have no relationships with households’ electric-use status. PubDate: 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1. Issue No:Vol. 8, No. 1 (2022)
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Authors:Abigail Abenu , A. Ayodeji Elejuku, C. Obiora Onuzulike , J. Light Bartholomew Pages: 45 - 54 Abstract: This study examined challenges faced during resource recovery and recycling; and highlights factors promoting the usage of recycled products in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to 131 respondents made up of waste pickers, retailers of recyclables and recyclers. Of the three groups involved in the study, waste pickers were the most likely to seek change in livelihood while retailers of recyclables and recyclers largely wanted to continue in their work. The challenges in resource recovery for waste pickers were numerous but the greatest was social stigma. The major challenges for recyclers were the lack of capital and the high cost of acquiring tools and equipment. Positive attitudes to products made from recyclables, the durability of the products, and their cheap prices are factors that promote increased usage of products made from recyclables. To tackle some of the challenges experienced by waste pickers, inhabitants should separate their waste appropriately before disposal. Subsidized means of transportation, increased access to capital and acquisition of modern tools and equipment would further increase resource recovery and recycling. PubDate: 2022-03-18 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1. Issue No:Vol. 8, No. 1 (2022)
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Authors:Bendicto Kabiito Pages: 1 - 17 Abstract: This paper presents a departure from the historical cataloguing of scarcity and poverty, as definitive frames of Karamoja sub-region of Uganda; a narrative that purports to portray the duo as natural, permanent and insurmountable features of the sub-region. This study demonstrates that these were both created in and projected onto the sub-region. The study provides evidence to the fact that; 1. Externally-driven pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial undertakings (which are underrated in many analyses on Karamoja) are the building blocks of the protracted conflicts, insecurities and ecological damages that ravaged Karamoja; 2. The sub-region offers more potentials than limitations as studies on Karamoja tend to portray. This research report is an invitation to both inward and outward looking (of Karamoja) for diagnosis and solutions. Inspired by critical realism and environmental justice theories, the study interrogates policies, mentalities, actions and inactions that fostered economic and ecological exploitation of Karamoja; endangering environmental and social ecologies of the sub-region. Attention is paid to how these jeopardised the environment-based economy of the sub-region’s population, while highlighting the human, ecological and economic potentials that need and deserve collective action for social and environmental re-address. PubDate: 2021-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/jssd.v8i1.1 Issue No:Vol. 8, No. 1 (2021)
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