Pig farming, predominantly the smallholder kind, is presently one of Uganda’s fastest growing sectors within its local agriculture. However, as this is coupled with persistently poor agriculture, sanitation and hygiene practices and services, it has been unavoidable that zoonotic infections—e.g., the endemic pork tapeworm Taenia solium—have likewise increased. The persistence of such infections is further compounded by the fact that the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and agriculture contexts in these areas are oftentimes very gendered and isolated. Despite this, current understandings, approaches and interventions within these respective sectors still overlook these issues and continue to work in siloed ways. This PhD project works on the premise that the persistence T. solium is crucially driven by these gendered being and relating of humans, animals (pigs) and the environment. And as WASH practices are located at the nexus where (human) gender, animal caretaking and environments intersect, it is imperative to include this WASH context when trying to holistically address and understand the interactions and issues that arise from these intersections. Thus, the study’s aim is to go beyond the traditional siloed approaches of health and agriculture in order to develop a deeper understanding of the gender structures within socioecological systems that lead to the endemicity of T. solium in smallholder pig farming communities in northern Uganda, focusing on the formed perceptions and behavioural outcomes related to WASH and pig caretaking. The project employs inclusive feminist methodologies, involving qualitative data collection methods such as autoethnography, Key Informant interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), and “Go-along walking interviews”—the last being the main focus of the project. The main funder of the 4-year PhD programme is Uppsala University, alongside the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that covers fieldwork expenses. The data collection within Uganda is also being done with the technical and logistical support of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) based in Nairobi, Kenya, but has done similar research work on T. solium in northern Uganda. The entire duration of the project is four years (2024-2028), with data collection being implemented between July 2025 – June 2026. Data analysis and write-up of findings are to be done throughout 2025 until the end of the PhD programme, and will all be conducted in Sweden.