The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender, Labour& Social Development designed and started a Programme on Promotion of "Green" Jobs & Fair Labour Market in Uganda in 2016. The Programme focuses on promotion of safety and healthy at work, improvement in energy and raw materials efficiency, minimisation of waste and industria...

Originally discriminated against for being HIV/AIDS positive, 570 women in Karusandara Sub-county in Busongora South Constituency, Kasese District have reinvented themselves by forming a Crafts Making and Selling Group. The group chairperson, Ms Donata Komuhangyi, says Karusandara Women Crafts Making and Selling Group was established in 2004, as...

Single motherhood and limited means, coupled with unlimited demands is such a challenge to many women that some abandon their children while others resort to unbecoming social activities, some of which can endanger their lives. The need for decent living in an ever challenging economic atmosphere which is characterized by an ever rising cost of li...

Under Kiwani Women Value Addition and Marketing Group found in the eastern district of Kibuku, women are reaping big from processing fresh cassava tubers into high quality cassava flour. This women group has received funding from the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship programme (UWEP) to implement enterprises of their choice. The women group started i...