World Vision, IRC & GWI Dignity Kit Distribution, Empowered Aid Pilot 1 Focus Group Discussions Summary of Findings

Focus group discussions across Bidi Bidi settlement in Uganda reveal that while increasing female staff and volunteers at food distribution points improved baseline comfort and site organization, severe structural and economic pressures persist. Reduced aid rations combined with heavy double-load logistics directly escalated risks of transit-related sexual exploitation by security and transport actors, household-level intimate partner violence over food resources, and pandemic-driven early marriages.