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Tune in: iUpshift promotes youth Innovation in Music & Entrepreneurship
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Tune in: iUpshift promotes youth Innovation in Music & Entrepreneurship

Through the ILO and UNICEF’s iUPSHIFT programme, young innovators are transforming their passion for music into groundbreaking inventions and sustainable businesses.

Entrepreneurs fight malnutrition & women's health challenges in Uganda
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Entrepreneurs fight malnutrition & women's health challenges in Uganda

Empowered through the ILO and UNICEF’s iUPSHIFT programme, refugee and host community youth in Uganda are driving change—tackling malnutrition with soybean products and improving women’s health with local remedies. See how innovation is transforming...

Strengthening collective bargaining and freedom of association to protect workers and eliminate child labour in Uganda’s coffee and tea...
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Strengthening collective bargaining and freedom of association to protect workers and eliminate child labour in Uganda’s coffee and tea...

As part of efforts to strengthen workers' rights, the ILO, through ACCEL Africa and ACTRAV, organized a workshop (24–26 March 2025) to train Ugandan trade unions on collective bargaining, freedom of association, and organizing workers in the coffee...

Strengthening child labour due diligence of coffee companies in Uganda
Staff of 8 CLP companies and suppliers empowered by the ILO on child labour due diligence, Mbale, 2025.

CLEAR Supply Chains project in Uganda

Strengthening child labour due diligence of coffee companies in Uganda

In the framework of the ILO’s Child Labour Platform (CLP), the CLEAR Supply Chains project provided capacity building on child labour due diligence to coffee company members of the CLP who source from Uganda.

ILO strengthens labour dispute resolution in Uganda
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ILO strengthens labour dispute resolution in Uganda

Judges and legal officers receive training on applying international labour standards, enhancing their ability to resolve disputes, including those affecting refugees and displaced workers.

Training of trainers for coffee farmers under the Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Programme (WLEP) in Kalungu district, Uganda
Mrs. Visencia Walugembe of Busoga Cooperative Society in Kyamulibwa sub-county Kalungu district tending to her coffee garden. Uganda, 2024.

CLEAR Supply Chains project in Uganda

Training of trainers for coffee farmers under the Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Programme (WLEP) in Kalungu district, Uganda

The CLEAR Supply Chains project trained female coffee famers in Kalungu district, in Uganda, on women’s leadership and empowerment.

Hotel management apprenticeship empowers refugee and host community youth in Uganda
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Hotel management apprenticeship empowers refugee and host community youth in Uganda

Through the transformative apprenticeship program in Uganda, the ILO and its partners are empowering refugee and host community youth with hospitality skills, fostering employment, and addressing industry gaps through strategic partnerships and...

Strengthening labour migration statistics in East & Horn of Africa (EHoA)
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Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Strengthening labour migration statistics in East & Horn of Africa (EHoA)

The regional training and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing event addressed significant gaps in labour migration statistics across EHoA and strengthen institutional capacities for data collection, analysis, and dissemination.

Stakeholders agree to strengthen labour protection in Uganda’s growing digital economy
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Stakeholders agree to strengthen labour protection in Uganda’s growing digital economy

The third thematic session of the Community of Practice on Decent Work in the Digital Economy led by the ILO and FUE highlighted the need for adapting legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure decent work for digital workers.

Building Robust Labour Market Systems and Supporting Returned Migrants in Uganda
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Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Building Robust Labour Market Systems and Supporting Returned Migrants in Uganda

National Strategy on Skills Development for Labour Migration launched in Kenya
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National Strategy on Skills Development for Labour Migration launched in Kenya

Cooperatives promote decent work in Uganda's coffee supply chain
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Cooperatives promote decent work in Uganda's coffee supply chain

Organized on November 19, 2024, the event presented preliminary findings of an assessment carried out by the ILO in Uganda in the coffee supply chains. It allowed coffee stakeholders to engage in a discussion on the challenges of achieving decent...

Enhancing the quality of TVET’s Programs in Ethiopia to better respond to Migrants need
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Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Enhancing the quality of TVET’s Programs in Ethiopia to better respond to Migrants need

The ILO BRMM monitoring missions conducted in Jima, Shashemene, Asella, and other towns highlighted the importance of integrating skills development and financial inclusion initiatives to support migrants in Ethiopia.

Empowering communities to combat child labour: The Mwezze Hack
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Empowering communities to combat child labour: The Mwezze Hack

This article highlights the Community Hackathon held in Mbale, Uganda, where young people from vulnerable communities came together to develop innovative solutions to combat child labour. Through teamwork and creativity, participants identified key...

Boosting Growth in Assela's Poultry Sector Through Innovation
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Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Boosting Growth in Assela's Poultry Sector Through Innovation

Promoting innovation and enhancing local economic opportunities through a creative business idea competition for the poultry industry in Ethiopia.

How the ILO supports digital transformation of Uganda's Industrial Court
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How the ILO supports digital transformation of Uganda's Industrial Court

CAPSA Project Celebrating Wins
Celebrating the wins in the fight against child labour, forced labour, trafficking in persons and violations of acceptable conditions of work

CAPSA Partners' regional knowledge sharing and closeout conference

CAPSA Project Celebrating Wins

Celebrating the wins in the fight against child labour, forced labour, trafficking in persons and violations of acceptable conditions of work.

A step forward in improving labour migration governance in Somalia: Labour Migration Policy validated
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Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

A step forward in improving labour migration governance in Somalia: Labour Migration Policy validated

Refining and finalizing a policy framework in Somalia designed to strengthen labour migration governance and address existing policy gaps.

Strengthening the Capacity of Key Migration Actors in Africa on Labour Migration
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Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Strengthening the Capacity of Key Migration Actors in Africa on Labour Migration

Building Sustainable Futures: Entrepreneurship Training for Returned Migrant Workers in Uganda
ILO SIYB beneficiaries during the training and the certified teacher teaching

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Building Sustainable Futures: Entrepreneurship Training for Returned Migrant Workers in Uganda

Enabling returned migrants with SIYB training to engage in sustainable livelihoods through self-employment or wage employment.