All resources: 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...

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...

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.

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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.

CAPSA project

Factors and impacts of the trafficking of girls from Karamoja region, Uganda into Kenya

This study is a call to action for governments, NGOs, and communities to address this transnational issue with targeted interventions.

CAPSA Project's Legacy

Sustaining the Gains of the CAPSA Project

The CAPSA project sustainability strategy is anchored on a six pillars framework that was developed in close consultation with the tripartite partners, specifically the Governments of Kenya and Uganda and in collaboration with the implementing...

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.

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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...

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

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.

Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa

Building Robust Labour Market Systems and Supporting Returned Migrants in Uganda

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Child labour due diligence training package for the tea and coffee supply chains in Uganda

This ILO's training package helps businesses implement the ILO-IOE Child Labour Guidance Tool for Business. It aims to increase understanding of child labour's negative effects, guide implementation in line with international principles and...

National Strategy on Skills Development for Labour Migration launched in Kenya

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...

A Bold Step to End Exploitation

Kenya Joins Alliance 8.7 as a Pathfinder Country

The Kenya Roadmap to Alliance 8.7 (2025–2030) is a strategic plan designed to eradicate forced labor, human trafficking, modern slavery, and child labor, aligning with Kenya's commitment to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 8.7. Developed...

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

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...

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.

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

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.