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    Livelihood Coping Strategies among the Congolese Urban Refugee Women during the Covid 19 Crisis
    (American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science (ARJHSS), 2023) Asiimwe Enock; Gershom Atukunda; Muriisa Roberts
    Coping strategies among the urban refugee women is a study that focusses on the understanding of how refugees in urban setting cope with their livelihoods mostly during Covid 19 lockdown. By focusing on the coping strategies, we critically analyze how refugee women, managed the livelihoods since the economy was in total lockdown and yet there was need to survive. The purpose of this study of the livelihood coping strategies among urban refugee women from Democratic Republic of Congo is to find out if there are any ways refugee women endeavored to find means of sustaining their livelihoods during the Covid 19 lockdown which was a testing time for everybody in the global context
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    Social Capital and Livelihood among the Congolese Urban Refugee
    (American Research Journal of Humanities Social Science (ARJHSS), 2024) Asiimwe Enock; Gershom Atukunda; A Ivan Kimpanga Mukibi
    In this article, the authors review literature related to Social Capital and Livelihood among urban refugees using a narrative literature review methodology. The literature reviewed forms a vital part of the data available on how social capital has contributed to the welfare of refugees living in urban settings. The purpose of reviewing literature related to Social Capital and Livelihood among urban refugees is to provoke thought and controversy among scholarly writings and assumptions in order to stimulate scholarly discourse. The article specifically seeks for literature related to: Networking, Bonding, Bridging, and Linking, Social Capital formation. This narrative review methodology, proceeded by evaluating and integrating the results of several studies to address gaps and recommend useful ideas among them. By reviewing the literature, we critically analyze how Social Capital is formed and theoretical assumptions underlying it. We also examine the applicability of Social Capital on the Urban Congolese livelihoods