Refereed Journal Articles

1.     Kakuru, D. M. (2024) Adultism in Uganda’s Child Protection Efforts; A case of Violence Against Children. In J.C. Garlen & N.J Ramjawan (Eds) Refusing the limits of contemporary childhood: Beyond innocence. (pp 129-154). Lexington Books/Fortress Academic.

2.     Kakuru, D., & Nassimbwa, J. (2024, October 7). The youth-led research giving voice to teen mothers in Uganda. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-youth-led-research-giving-voice-to-teen-mothers-in-uganda-239876  

3.     Kakuru, D., Nabirye, J., Nassimbwa, J. (2024). Abortion as a muted reality in Uganda: Narratives of adolescent girls’ agentive experiences with pregnancy termination. Youth (4), 1481-1493. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4040094

4.     Kakuru, D. M. (2023). Choice of non-disclosure as agency: A systematic review of sexual violence in girlhood in Africa. Women 3(2) 3220334 https://doi.org/10.3390/women3020024

5.     Kamusiime, A., Sandi, L., & Kakuru, D. M. (2022). Reflections on networking dynamics to address violence against children in Tanzania. International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, 13(2-3)143-162. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs132-3202221136

6.     Nassimbwa, J., Kakuru, D. M., & Kamusiime, A. (2022). Locating state actors in violence against children (VAC) networks in Kenya: A complexity leadership lens. International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, 13(2–3): 123-142. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs132-3202221117.

7.     Kakuru, D. M., Kamusiime, A., Kibukamusoke, M., Lindner, K., & Mugabo, C. (2022). Networking for violence against children: An analysis of the formal-informal network dichotomy in Uganda. International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, 13(2–3): 105-122. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs132-3202221115.

8.     Kakuru, D. M., Kamusiime, A., Lindner, K., & Asiimwe, J. (2022). Centering grassroot networking for child protection in East Africa. International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, 13(2–3):88-104 . https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs132-3202221114

9.     Gebremeskel, A.T., Kakuru, D.M. & Etowa, J.B. (2022) Multilevel Barriers to Access Health and HIV Care Among African, Caribbean, and Black Men and Youths in Ottawa, Ontario: A Qualitative Study. Austin Journal of Public Health Epidemiology. 9(3): 1131. 10.26420/AustinJPublicHealthEpidemiol.2022.1131

10.  Etowa J., Kakuru, D. M., & Etowa E. B. (2022). Being a Black mother living with HIV is a “whole story”: Implications for intersectionality approach. Women, 2, 326–338. https://doi.org/10.3390/women2040030

11.  Etowa J., Kakuru, D. M., Gebremeskel, A., Etowa, E. B., & Kohoun, B. (2022). De-problematizing masculinity among heterosexual African, Caribbean, and Black male youth and men. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 113, 611–621. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00596-3

12.  Kakuru, D. M. (2022). Navigating student motherhood in a precarious urban context: Perspectives from higher education in Uganda. Education and Urban Society, 54(6), 731–749. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245211027549

13.  Kakuru, D. M. (2022). Towards a localized understanding of violence against children and adolescents in Africa: Introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, 13(2–3), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs132-3202221029

14.  Lindner, K., & Kakuru, D. M. (2022). Deconstructing mainstream discourses of child and youth development as it connects to child sexualized violence. International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies, 13(1), 169–189. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs131202220669

15.  Etowa, J., Nare, H., Kakuru, D. M., & Etowa, E. B. (2020). Psychosocial experiences of HIV-positive women of African descent in the cultural context of infant feeding: A three-country comparative analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7150 (13 pages). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197150

16.  Kakuru, D. M. (2019). Reconstructing child caregiving: Perspectives on child headed households in Uganda. In H. Ebrahim, A. Okwany, & B. Oumar (Eds.), Early childhood care and education on the margins: African perspectives (pp. 46–61). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351185158-4

17.  Kamusiime, A., & Kakuru, D. M. (2017). Social justice and the moral question: Foregrounding the paradox of teenage motherhood and education in Uganda. In M. Gray (Ed.), Handbook of social work and social development practice in Africa (pp. 215–226). Routledge.

18.  Kigenyi, E. M., Kakuru, D. M., & Zziwa, G. (2017). School environment and performance of public primary school teachers in Uganda. International Journal of Technology and Management, 1(2), 1–14. https://utamu.ac.ug/ijotm/index.php/ijotm/article/view/18

19.  Kigenyi, E. M., & Kakuru, D. M. (2016). Does provision of meals affect teachers’ performance? An empirical study of public primary schools in Bugisu sub-region in Uganda. Administratio Publica, 24(3), 219–234. http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/spl/SPL%20Library/Administratio_Publica_VOLUME_24_ISSUE_3.pdf#page=223

20.  Kakuru, D. M. (2016). Evidence driven practice: Perspectives from the “Righting the Future” project research, 2013–2016. In A. Okwany & R. Wanzir (Eds.), Changing social norms to universalize girls’ education in East Africa: Lessons from a pilot project (pp. 93–112). Garant.

21.  Kendrick, M., & Kakuru, D. M. (2012). Funds of knowledge in child-headed households: A Ugandan case study. Childhood, 19(3), 397–413. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568212439587 

22.  Kakuru, D. M. (2011). How to avoid gender bias in gender-focused health research: Methodological reflections and policy suggestions. In B. A. Barrett & C. Groes-Green (Eds.), Studying intimate matters (pp. 40–54). Fountain.

23.  Kakuru, D. M. (2008). Gender inequality in primary education in the context of HIV/AIDS: A challenge for Uganda. In S. Aikman, E. Unterhalter, & Tania Boller (Eds.), Gender equality, HIV and AIDS: Challenges for the education sector (pp. 45–59). Oxfam GB. https://doi.org/10.3362/9780855987480.003

24.  Kakuru, D. M. (2008). Rural livelihoods, HIV/AIDS and women’s activism: The struggle for gender equality in primary education in Uganda. Journal of International Women Studies, 10(1), 36–47. https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol10/iss1/4/

25.  Kakuru, D. M. (2007). HIV/AIDS, children’s rights and gender equality in Uganda’s universal primary education. The International Journal of Learning, 14(2), 137–148. https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v14i02/45193 

26.  Kakuru, D. M. (2007). Review of W. M. Edwards & T. R. Eggers (2004) “Agricultural Management e-School: Extension Education Over the Internet” in American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 13(4), 337–338.

27.  Kakuru, D. M., & Paradza, G. M. (2007). Reflections on the use of life history method in researching rural African women: Field experiences from Uganda and Zimbabwe. Gender and Development, 15(2), 287–297. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552070701391581

28.  Kakuru, D. M., & van der Burg, M. (2007). Intersectionality and HIV/AIDS: Towards a framework for understanding educational gender inequality in rural Uganda. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations, 7(6), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9532/cgp/v07i06/39488 

29.  Kakuru, D. M., & Katto, D. (2006). Rural women’s reproductive tasks: The role of impression management. The Social Sciences, 1(2), 139–143.

30.  Katto, D., & Kakuru, D. M. (2006). Globalisation, culture, and human development: Constraints for Uganda. Uganda Journal, 50, 50–56.

31.  Kakuru, D. M. (2003). Gender-sensitive educational policy and practice: A Uganda case study. Background paper to the 2003 EFA Global Monitoring Report “Gender and Education For All.” The Leap to Equality, EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4. UNESCO, International Bureau of Education.

Monographs

Kakuru, D. M. (2006). The combat for gender equality in education: Rural livelihood pathways in the context of HIV/AIDS. AWLAE Series Vol. 4. Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-586-4

Kakuru, D. M. (forthcoming): The Life History Method: Studying People of African Descent