Bio

Brenda Birungi is a doctoral candidate at Makerere University, department of Sociology and Anthropology where she is enrolled for PhD in Social Anthropology. Brenda holds a Masters in Sociology from Makerere university, and a Bachelors of Arts in Social Sciences from Makerere University. She has a keen interest in refugees, humanitarian assistance and crossborder mobilities. 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 breastfeeding South Sudanese navigate their cultural norms to receive cash transfer assistance.