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Better lives for workers

The African Union estimates that nearly 20 million jobs are threatened with destruction on the continent if the corona situation continues.

Better lives for children

The African Union estimates that nearly 20 million jobs are threatened with destruction on the continent if the corona situation continues.

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Platform for Labour Action (PLA) is a National Civil Society Organization that was founded in the year 2000. PLA is focused on promoting and protecting the rights of vulnerable and marginalized workers through empowerment of communities and individuals in Uganda.

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In 2000, at a time when Uganda’s legal landscape had little space for domestic workers or children exploited in labour, a young lawyer named Lillian Keene Mugerwa dared to ask the hard questions. Who was speaking for the food sellers, the market women, the security guards, and the house helps? And what justice existed for children trapped in work instead of school?

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11 June, 2020

'Act Now'! Act First! Say No to Child Labour

INTRODUCTION As the world commemorates the International Day Against Child labour on Friday, 12th June 2020 under the theme; “COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever”, PLA takes stock of the situation of child labour in the wake of COVID-19. COVID-19 has plunged the world into a crisis of unprecedented scope and...

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19 June, 2020

Accept a smaller salary or go home, is this acceptable?

29 October, 2025

Championing the Rights and Dignity of Uganda’s Migrant Workers

30 April, 2020

Covid-19 crisis and the delicate balance to guarantee labour rights or lay off

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Platform for Labour Action (PLA) is a National Civil Society Organization that was founded in the year 2000. PLA is focused on promoting and protecting the rights of vulnerable and marginalized workers through empowerment of communities and individuals in Uganda.

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