Celebrating the Labour movement
May 02, 2016
As the world marks Labour Day, the Government has pledged to promote competitiveness by emphasising value addition for primary products in the agriculture, mining, oil and gas sectors, which will lead to sustainable job creation and gainful employment
Uganda's labour outlook in 2016
By GILBERT KIDIMU
Labour Day, also known as International Workers' Day and May Day, is the annual international holiday celebrating the achievements of workers. This public holiday bears its roots in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours of work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. In the US and Canada, it is celebrate on the first Monday of September Ugandan Women trapped in unpaid labour dilemma
Ugandan Women trapped in unpaid labour dilemma
BY ANDREW MASINDE
By 4:30am Barbra Sanyu is awake and ready to head to the garden although it is still dark. Sanyu who is a resident of Balimanya Nkera in Kikyusa sub-county, Luwero district wakes up her three daughters for a 5km trek to their garden.
Women Working without pay
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and girls' rights (to decent work, to education, to health, to rest and leisure), limits their opportunities and, therefore, impedes their economic empowerment. She stresses that there is no need to foster a culture of redistribution of unpaid work between women and men, and from the family to communities and the state.
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