Video News Releases

May 2010

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   Uganda: HIV Orphans Off the Streets and into School

   10 May 2010

   Africa has the highest incidence of child labour in the world, further complicated by high rates of HIV. But some Sub-Saharan African countries like Uganda have been world leaders in getting children out of child labour and into primary school through a National Child Labour Policy that specifically addresses HIV.

June 2008

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   Uganda: ENHAS Airport Ground Handlers

   06 June 2008

   With one of the best airport safety records in Africa, collective bargaining with the transport union and investment in staff training has paid off for Uganda’s Entebbe Airport ground handlers ENHAS.

October 2007

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   Uganda: Maternity leave brings protection to women security guards and their employer

   17 October 2007

   All African women work. Very few women work in formal workplaces. Even fewer expect to keep their job when they have a baby, much less get maternity leave. But that is not the case for a group of women security guards in Uganda. As ILO TV reports, in an industry where it's a surprise to find women at work, both workers and employer are finding advantages in unionization and maternity leave.

May 2006

1. Uganda: Child Labour in Tea Plantations

   30 May 2006

   40,000 children work in tea plantations in Tooro, Western Uganda. Across Africa nearly 50 million children work, the majority of these in agriculture. A new report from the International Labour Organization highlights the role played by Ugandan employers, trade unions and government in eliminating child labour.

December 2003

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   Ugandan salt mining

   16 December 2003

   Fighting poverty and creating jobs is high on the agenda as African labour ministers, employers and workers meet this week in Addis Ababa for a major regional meeting of the International Labour Organization. It’s easy to see why they are concerned: half of Africa’s population, over 300 million people live in extreme poverty. Faced with no other option, the poor will do almost anything to make a living, often outside the protections of a formal workplace. But sometimes that very living threatens their lives as ILO TV reports.