Bio

Brenda Birungi is a Doctoral Candidate at Makerere University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, where she is enrolled for a PhD in Social Anthropology. Brenda holds a Master’s in Sociology and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, both from Makerere University. She has a keen interest in refugees, humanitarian assistance, and cross-border mobility. Her previous studies include: informal cross-border transportation, impacts of COVID-19 and humanitarian aid among the urban refugees in Kampala, more specifically the South Sudanese, and witchcraft (in)securities among urban refugees. Currently, Brenda is researching settlement-based South Sudanese refugees through her doctoral study, Receiving Cash Amidst Competing Norms: The case of Breastfeeding South Sudanese Refugees in Bidi-bidi Settlement, Uganda. In this study, she explores how South Sudanese breastfeeding mothers navigate their cultural norms to receive cash transfer assistance.