Ressources

The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected many people and in many ways. This does not exclude indigenous peoples who are frequently regarded as the poorest and may live below normal standards of living compared to other people in the world.

In Uganda, many Batwa are homeless and isolated from their forests. For the women of the community, the situation is particularly challenging; rather than being able to gather foods from the forest, they must walk from one place to another in search of shelter, food and poorly paid work. Violence and discrimination are rife.

Provides information on the situation of the indigenous Batwa people of Uganda and comments on Uganda's First Periodic Report to the Commission

Part of FPP's series on Forest Peoples and Protected Areas focusing on Uganda   Eight country studies and a synthesis report review the progress of the application of indigenous peoples’ rights with regards to protected areas since 2003.

A review of Uganda's implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas as part of FPP series on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas

In collaboration with the United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), FPP submitted a supplementary report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to provide information to the Commission on the human rights situation of the Batwa in Uganda.

The situation and rights of Batwa children, concluding that they are significantly disadvantaged compared with other children in Uganda.

The Batwa of south west Uganda number only a few thousand people and are one of the hunter-gatherer and ex-hunter-gatherer peoples collectively known as the forest peoples (or ‘Pygmies’) of the Central African rainforests.