Ministry of Gender, UNESCO partner to implement Aschberg programme for artists & Open Digital Roadmap Project Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and UNESCO have launched the Aschberg programme for artists and cultural professionals and the Open Digital Roadmap Project in …
Read More »Speaker Among pledges support to cultural development
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker Anita Among, has said Parliament will continue in its efforts to ensure that Uganda’s culture and heritage is kept intact. She said this while launching the Parliamentary Forum on Gender and Culture on Tuesday, 31 January 2023. The Speaker, who is the patron …
Read More »UGX 100M bank guarantee not for repatriating migrant workers’ bodies: Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has said that the 100 million Shillings given to it by private external labour recruitment firms as a bank guarantee is not for repatriating the remains of migrant workers. It follows a proposal by the Speaker of Parliament …
Read More »Ministry backs law on city and municipal museums
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cities and municipalities will be mandated to establish public museums if Parliament adopts a proposal from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. While making her submission before the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry on Thursday, 01 September 2022, the Minister of State …
Read More »Napak: 200 street children reunite with their families
Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has reunited over 200 children who were recently rescued from streets of Kampala with their families in Napak district. A total of 260 children were rounded up in an operation mounted by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, Ministry of Gender and police and taken …
Read More »Government moves to amend MoU on labour externalization
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started a process to ensure that Ugandans employed in the Middle East get similar terms of employment as their counterparts from other countries. This is after it was revealed that the earnings and workload for Ugandans especially those working as house maids …
Read More »Government launches action plan for persons with albinism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has unveiled the National Action Plan (NAP) for Albinism in Uganda. Launched during the commemoration of this year’s International Albinism Day, NAP seeks to promote and protect the human rights of Persons with Albinism (PWA) anywhere in Uganda. …
Read More »Uganda strives to eliminate child labor worsened by COVID-19 pandemic
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world commemorated the World Day Against Child Labor, Uganda said it is making effort to eliminate the vice, which has been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Uganda National Household Survey 2019/2020 shows that child labor increased to 36 percent up from …
Read More »Gov’t collects UGX 7Bn revenue from labour export companies in seven months
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has collected 7 Billion Shillings since October from labour export companies. According to Hillary Talemwa, the head of labour externalization at the ministry, the money was collected from October 19, 2021 up to May 1st, 2022. Talemwa …
Read More »Parliament opposes transfer of UWEP funds to Parish Devt Model
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government’s proposal to move money from the Uganda Women Empowerment Project (UWEP) to the Parish Development Model (PDM) has been rejected by legislators who said that the move will affect the welfare of women. A total of Shs29.2 billion out of the UWEP budget of Sh32 …
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