Notice from ECLT Foundation
Feb 04, 2020
ECLT invests in long-term capacity to fight child labour across sectors in Uganda
After 15 years of commitment to fighting child labour in Uganda, ECLT is proud to welcome the ECLT Uganda Affiliate Office: an independent locally based organisation set up to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration in the fight against child labour in Uganda. The new Affiliate Office will also share best practices and intensify coordination of efforts to close gaps in eliminating child labour across all sectors of the economy.
"The new Affiliate Office takes an innovative approach to put a stop to the displacement of child labour from one sector to another and eliminate child labour once and for all," stated ECLT Executive Director, Karima Jambulatova. "Keeping collaboration at the core of its activities, the Affiliate Office targets the root causes of child labour such as poverty, lack of coordination among stakeholders, poor access to education and absence of decent work opportunities to bring long-lasting change for children and their families across Uganda".
Committed to fighting child labour in Uganda
Over 2 million children in Uganda are doing work that puts their health, safety, development and education at risk. This accounts for over one-third of the entire child population of the country. Child labour affects every sector and almost every commodity in Uganda, including within the tobacco, sugarcane, tea and coffee sectors, amongst many others. To bring effective and sustainable change for these children and accelerate progress towards SDG 8.7 to eliminate all child labour by 2025, partnerships play a critical role in closing the gaps and coordinating efforts made by public and private stakeholders.
The ECLT Uganda Affiliate Office provides a much needed platform for key stakeholders in both public and private sectors to come together to share accountability, address common issues, contribute to best practices, and design collaborative sustainable solutions.
"The Office is deeply engaged in mobilising all stakeholders around the common goal to end child labour in all forms" shared Grace Banya, gender expert, human rights and development practitioner, and Chair of the ECLT Uganda Affiliate Office Board. "We strategically focus on capacity strengthening of local structures and partners by providing technical support, dissemination of best practices and ensuring advocacy work for increased accountability. We look forward to increased partnership and concrete action in the fight against child labour".