Resources on Gender equality
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Our impact, their voices
Unlocking Potential #3: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Gad
25 September 2023
This is a third video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.
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Our impact, their voices
Unlocking Potential #2: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Fatuma
18 September 2023
This is a second video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.
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Article
Harmonizing lives: ILO promotes social cohesion among refugees and hosts in Uganda
15 September 2023
In Uganda's Nakivale Refugee Settlement, the ILO's PROSPECTS program is transforming employment centers into vibrant Youth Centers, fostering social cohesion among refugees and host communities. Through skills development, arts, and community engagement, this initiative is promoting peaceful coexistence and economic empowerment, paving the way for a harmonious future.
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Our impact, their voices
Unlocking Potential: ILO's apprenticeship programme in Uganda - Story of Benjamin
11 September 2023
This is a first video from a series highlighting inspirational stories of young refugees and hosts finding employment and livelihood opportunities with support from ILO PROSPECTS' apprenticeship programme in Uganda.
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International labour standards
Uganda ratifies the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment
07 August 2023
Uganda becomes the 32nd country in the world, and the 8th country in Africa, to ratify Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work
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Our impact, their voices
Apprenticeship programme in Uganda helps youth find decent work
03 May 2023
An ILO Prospect apprenticeship programme trains youth in rural environment enabling them earn a living with decent work. Watch the story of Alma Gladys, a young mother who became carpenter in Uganda.
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Voices
As a refugee, my new skills have given my family hope
28 February 2023
When her husband was killed in 2009, Angelique Kahindo fled the Democratic Republic of Congo with her children to a refugee settlement in Uganda. For years she had no income, but a new opportunity for an apprenticeship has given her the skills and courage to set up her own tailoring business.
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Publication
Call for proposals from non-profit Business Development Service providers to support the roll-out of Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead) training to farmer groups producing sesame and cassava in West Nile, Uganda
29 June 2022
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Project
Understanding and improving women's work on digital labour platforms
02 February 2022
The project explores the experiences of women on digital labour platforms in multiple sectors of the economy in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. It builds evidence on the emerging opportunities and challenges platforms create to provide guidance for ensuring decent working conditions on platforms.
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News
Women entrepreneurs join hands for better recovery post COVID-19
07 November 2021
Supported by the ILO, the women entrepreneurs’ forum in Uganda extends its support services to refugee and host community business women affected by the pandemic.