Indicator 16.b.1 Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law

Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Target 16.B: Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development

16.B.1. Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law.

November 2021

Indicator 5.1.1, 16.1.3, 16.a.1, 16.6.2

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Junda Nuwamanya

Demography and Social Statistics

Senior Statistician Crime Statistics

+256 782 602544

P.O Box 7186Kampala

junda.nuwamanya@ubos.org

Definition:

This indicator refers to the proportion of the population (adults) who self-report that they personally experienced discrimination or harassment during the last 12 months based on ground(s) prohibited by international human rights law. International human rights law refers to the body of international legal instruments aiming to promote and protect human rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent international human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations.

Concepts:

Discrimination is any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference or other differential treatment that is directly or indirectly based on prohibited grounds of discrimination, and which has the intention or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. Harassment is a form of discrimination when it is also based on prohibited grounds of discrimination. Harassment may take the form of words, gestures or actions, which tend to annoy, alarm, abuse, demean, intimidate, belittle, humiliate or embarrass another or which create an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment. While generally involving a pattern of behaviors, harassment can take the form of a single incident.

International human rights law provides lists of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. The inclusion of “other status” in these lists indicate that they are not exhaustive and that other grounds may be recognized by international.

human rights mechanisms. A review of the international human rights normative framework helps identify a list of grounds that includes race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national origin, social origin, property, birth status, disability, age, nationality, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation, pregnancy, indigenous status, afro-descent and other status. In practice, it will be difficult to include all potentially relevant grounds of discrimination in household survey questions. For this reason, it is recommended that data collectors identify contextually relevant and feasible lists of grounds, drawing on the illustrative list and formulation of prohibited grounds of discrimination outlined in the methodology section below, and add an “other” category to reflect other grounds that may not have been listed explicitly.

Proportion

None

The National Governance Peace and Security Survey 2017

The National Governance Peace and Security Survey Report 2017

The NGPSS 2017 underwent several stages of implementation which included: survey organization, stakeholder consultative meetings where user needs were identified, sample selection, questionnaire and application development, pretesting and finalization of questionnaires, recruitment and training of field staff, field data collection and capture, data processing, management, cleaning and analysis; report writing and production. At each stage, the survey conformed to international best practices in survey implementation.

Sample Design:

The sample was designed to allow generation of separate estimates at the national level, residence and for the 5 Statistical Regions of Uganda. A three stage cluster sampling design was employed to select a representative sample at household level. At the first stage, EAs were grouped by districts of similar socio-economic characteristics and by rural-urban location. The EAs were then drawn using Probability Proportional to Size. At the second stage, households which are the ultimate sampling units were drawn using Systematic Random Sampling. A total of 300 Enumeration Areas were selected from the 2014 National Population and Housing Census (NPHC) list which constituted the Sampling Frame. At the third stage respondents from the house hold were selected using a Kish grid.

Training and field work:

A team of field supervisors and interviewers were recruited and trained for the main survey. The training lasted ten days and the main approach of training comprised of classroom instructions on interviewing techniques, field procedures, a detailed review of the data collection tool, tests and practice using hand-held Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) devices. The training also included classroom mock interviews and field practice in selected EAs outside of the main sample. Team supervisors were further trained in data quality control procedures and coordination of fieldwork activities.

Data collection:

The interview method of data collection was employed where interviewers asked the selected respondent in the household to provide the applicable response.

During data collection, the interviewers asked respondents the question as follows;

Discrimination is making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than one individual merit.

Do you think there is discrimination related to 1. Yes 2. No

A = Race/ethnic group

B = Language / dialect

C = Religion

D = Regional origin [province, region]

E = Nationality

F = Poverty or wealth

G = Sex (gender)

H =Disability

I = Political affiliation

Z = Other (specify

The corresponding question was, In the past 12 months, have you been victim of discrimination due to [A-I Above]? (for E and H indicate ‘N/A’ if the respondent is not foreign & does not have a disability) Yes 2. No 3. N/A D = Regional origin [region] A = Race/ethnic group

B = Language / dialect

C = Religion

E = Nationality

F = Poverty or wealth

G = Sex (gender)

H = Disability

I = Political affiliation

Z = Other (specify)

every 5 years

2023

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Department of Demography and Social Statistics.

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Act, 1998 provides for the development and maintenance of a National Statistical System (NSS) to ensure collection, analysis and publication of integrated, relevant, reliable and timely statistical information. It established the Bureau as the coordinating, monitoring and supervisory body for the National Statistical System.

The purpose of this indicator is to measure a prevalence of discrimination based on the personal experience reported by individuals. It is considered an outcome indicator helping to measure the effectiveness of non-discriminatory laws, policy and practices for the concerned population groups.

The indicator measures an overall population prevalence of discrimination and harassment in the total population at the national level. The indicator does not necessarily inform on the prevalence of discrimination within specific population groups.

The indicator is not measuring a general perception of respondents on the overall prevalence of discrimination in a country. It is based on personal experience self-reported by individual respondents. The indicator does not provide a legal determination of any alleged or proven cases of discrimination. The indicator also not capture the cases of discrimination or harassment the respondents are not personally aware off or willing to disclose to data collectors.

Number of survey respondents who felt that they personally experienced discrimination or harassment on one or more prohibited grounds of discrimination during the last 12 months, divided by the total number of survey respondents, multiplied by 100.

A validation Technical working meeting was held for selected stakeholders before the dissemination of the NGPSS 2017 Report.

To ensure quality management of the survey results; the survey implementation underwent a series of checks by the UBOS management.

The survey implementation was over seen by a Core team consisting of staff from both UBOS and Makerere University School of Statistics and Planning right from the inception to its finalization.

The survey report was reviewed by UBOS management who are Directors.

The NGPSS underwent several stages before production and sharing of the final findings.  The Survey implementation covered these aspects to address quality assurance;

1. Consultative user needs assessment meetings are held with all key stakeholders.
2. The survey and sampling design generated using scientific methods as recommended by the Census and Survey Rules and Regulations.
3. The questionnaire development follows a multi-stakeholder approach and pretesting helps to establish the relevancy and adequacy of the questions to be used.
4. Senior Supervision is conducted during data collection to ensure that quality data is collected
5. Data editing, cleaning and coding is undertaken before analysis and report writing

Before dissemination, the report is reviewed and quality assured by the Department of Outreach and Quality Assurance at the Bureau.

To ensure quality management of the survey results; the survey implementation underwent a series of checks by the UBOS management.

The survey implementation was over seen by a Core team consisting of staff from both UBOS and Makerere University School of Statistics and Planning right from the inception to its finalization.

The survey report was reviewed by UBOS management were are Directors.

National, Sex, and Residence

None

The National Governance Peace and Security Survey report 2017 by UBOS www.ubospublications.org.ug