Labour externalisation, especially among Ugandan youth who look for jobs in the Middle East, has been the unprecedented causality of Covid-19. The Middle East provides opportunities for several categories of employees, including drivers, domestic workers, factory workers, security, etc. Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) 2020 report…
A large population of Ugandans are underemployed i.e. being either highly skilled but working in low paying jobs or working part time. However, in comparison to the unemployment challenge, underemployment does not feature prominently in Uganda’s labour market policy discussion. Underemployment equally disrupts the economy’s development, as many…
Girls in lower secondary engage in weaving during their free time. The study supported by GrOW programme investigates how female early labour entrants perform in the labour markets. Photo Credit: Coinsfoundation.org A draft report titled “An assessment of early labour market transition of women in Uganda” has revealed…
Joseph Mawejje (R) receives a plaque from the Board Vice Chairperson Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe as the Executive Director EPRC Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana (L) and other board members look on. Mawejje and his colleague Corti Paul Lakuma scooped the “Best Young Researchers’ Award 2015/16. Photo by Mouris Opolot The…
Uganda’s ministry of health has just started implementing a new five-year Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP); the main goal of the HSDP is to accelerate movement towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). To achieve this goal, health workforce is very critical; Uganda' health worker to population ratio is currently…
Stories of people gambling themselves into utter poverty are no longer foreign tales or stuff Ugandans watch in a movie. It is becoming increasingly evident that gambling, if not swiftly and tightly regulated, could be a recipe for both social and economic disaster as more youth take to…
On 8th March 2016, Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate women’s day under the theme “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. Although Uganda has made major strides towards gender equality, having achieved a Gender Parity Index (GPI)[1] of 1 in primary school enrolment, the struggle for equality…