Creating a more equitable research system: lessons from Uganda

With the aim to make Ugandan research more visible and accessible to local and global research users, the repository is growing quickly and provides the opportunity for researchers and institutions across the country to share their research results with a wider audience. [...] In order for this vision to be realized we need stronger cohesion and collaboration across the national research system”32F Gender parity was emphasised as a core tenet of a strong Ugandan research system and participants at the dialogue event agreed to form a gender network to support one another and jointly work to 1 For learning from the parallel work in Ethiopia in partnership with the Ethiopi. [...] In line with this vision, GERA aims to raise awareness of the need to create a more gender equitable research system in Ugandan institutions of research and higher education and to strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to mainstream gender at institutional level. [...] In line with our partnership’s focus on enabling a more diverse range of individuals and institutions in Uganda to take part in research and knowledge production, the NRU is also providing a platform for universities and research institutions outside of Kampala and in rural locations to catalogue and share their research results. [...] As the Gender Equity in Research Alliance continues to work towards “a gender equitable research system that supports national development” and the National Research Repository of Uganda is further consolidated as a platform sharing research from all areas of Uganda, focus will be on: • Making Ugandan research more visible and discoverable to researchers and research users in Uganda and internatio.