The Official X Account of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda.
Kampala, Uganda
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Today, @Mglsd_UG has concluded a workshop for the Technical Working Committee guiding a programme to modernise labour disputes management through mediation, adjudication and a digital case management system. The five-day workshop was held at Hotel La Vena in Seguku.
The programme aims to reduce case backlogs, strengthen alternative dispute resolution and improve coordination among institutions responsible for resolving labour disputes. It supports Uganda’s priorities of advancing digital transformation and improving access to labour justice.
The workshop brought together representatives from the @JudiciaryUG , @MoJCAUG , @NPA_UG , @MoICT_Ug , academia and development partners. The Committee validated its terms of reference and reviewed the programme document section by section.
In his closing remarks, Hon. Simon Mulongo, Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, urged the Committee to reconvene to complete its review and validate the programme document before submitting it for further consideration.
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Today, @Mglsd_UG in partnership with the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Persons with Disabilities (UPFPWDs), has oriented for Members of @Parliament_Ug, on social protection and disability inclusion. MPs will now be able to root for stronger disability-inclusive legislation, advocate, do oversight and resource mobilization to ensure that PWDs are not left behind in development.
#DisabilityInclusion
@upfsp @mofpedU @MoLGUganda @ESPprogramme
Effective leadership is essential to ensuring that women’s voices, interests and concerns are represented and addressed at all levels.
While closing the Council’s Executive Orientation Retreat, Hon. Lt. Gen. Tumukunde @Tumukunde_ urged elected leaders to use strategic communication to highlight the realities facing women who remain outside employment and formal skills training., influence national priorities and advocate for dedicated budget allocations to support their empowerment.
He emphasised the need for the Council to ensure that the needs of often-overlooked groups of women receive greater attention.
@NationalSIGUg @KiraboAgnes_ @EmilyAkullu @Turya_osborn
#NationalWomenCouncilUganda
#SpecialIntrestGroups
#WomenInLeadership
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development retweeted
𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐭. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
In his closing remarks during the National Women’s Council Executive Orientation Retreat today, Lt. General Tumukunde @Tumukunde_ highlighted the broad mandate of the @Mglsd_UG , noting that its wide scope of responsibilities sometimes makes it difficult to attend to every constituency adequately.
He challenged the newly inducted National Women’s Council leadership to pay special attention to the NET (Not Employed, Not Trained) category of women, who are often overlooked. He urged the Council to use strategic communication and publicity to bring their challenges to national attention, strengthen advocacy, and push for dedicated budgetary support for women’s empowerment initiatives.
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@MercyLakiskis
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@simonmulongo
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📢 @Mglsd_UG is calling on women childcare business owners. 👩👧👦
Through the GROW Business Plan Competition Grant, women-owned childcare businesses, home-based or centre-based, caring for children aged 0–3 years can apply for funding to grow. 💰
✅ At least 51% women-owned and managed
✅ Operating for at least 1 year, with basic business records
✅ Serving low-income women and families
✅ Not registered yet? You can still apply
Grants range from USD 2,000 to 30,000, depending on the number of children you serve. They can fund safety and sanitation upgrades, play materials, caregiver training, and minor expansions. 🧸
📲 Apply through the GROW website (grow.go.ug), the GROW App, or a district application clinic 📞 Toll-free: 0800 307 777 📧 [email protected]
⚠️ Applying is FREE. Never pay anyone to win this grant. Applications are competitive, so make yours strong.
@GovUganda @MercyLakiskis @grow_ug
#GROW #ChildCare #WomenInBusiness #MGLSD
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🎓🇺🇬 150 Graduate Volunteers were oriented under the 7th Cohort of the #NationalApprenticeshipProgramme, ahead of deployment to 25 host institutions.
💼 Theme: “Nurturing Local Talent for Global Competitiveness.”
Read more 👉 gcic.go.ug/news/orientation-…
| @GovUganda @Mglsd_UG – at Kampala, Uganda
Uganda has launched a Reform Taskforce on Workers’ Compensation to create a more reliable and equitable system, including the possible establishment of a National Workers’ Compensation Fund.
Minister of State for Labour Hon. Simon Mulongo commissioned the committee, noting that the current Workers Compensation Act places the burden on individual employers. This has often led to delayed claims, insolvency issues, and uneven enforcement that leave injured workers and their families without timely support.
“The risks arising from productive employment must not be transferred disproportionately to injured workers and their families,” he said.
The multi-stakeholder taskforce, drawing expertise from key ministries, the Attorney General’s Chambers, National Planning Authority, URBRA, and workers’ representatives, will develop diagnostic assessments, financing options, benefit designs, and draft legislation.
It will also study regional models from Tanzania, South Africa, and Zambia while prioritising workplace safety alongside compensation.
Evidence-based recommendations are expected to guide Cabinet decisions.
#WorkersCompensation #LabourReform #Uganda
How safe are Uganda’s workplaces when it comes to handling chemicals?
Through the Chemical Safety and Security (CHESASE) Programme, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development is equipping workers with skills to safely handle, store and manage chemicals, reducing workplace hazards and protecting workers’ health.
🎥 Watch the documentary: youtu.be/9ZO3yj0UuJ4?si=cAdW…
#CHESASE #WorkplaceSafety #ChemicalSafety
Today, the Ministry oriented workplace supervisors for the 7th Cohort of the National Apprenticeship Programme.
150 Graduate Volunteers will be placed across 25 host institutions to gain real workplace competence.
As Hon. Simon Mulongo, Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, stated: “A nation becomes prosperous not merely because it possesses natural resources, infrastructure or a large population, but because its people acquire the knowledge, skills and institutions necessary to convert those assets into lasting economic value.”
This is the essence of the skills @GovUganda is building - to turn investment into productive employment.
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#NationalApprenticeshipProgramme #SkillsForJobs #YouthEmployment
Hon. Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, @Tumukunde_, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, hosted the Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Uganda, Mikael Cleverly at the Ministry for discussions on strengthening Uganda–US cooperation around shared strategic priorities.
The meeting resulted in agreement to explore and collaborate to strengthen Uganda’s creative industries, advance child protection and combat human trafficking.
@GovUganda @StateDept @UNICEF @AmChamUganda @USEmbassyUganda @USAmbUganda @unescoug @UNODC @ilo
#UgandaUSRelations #ChildProtection #CreativeIndustries #EndHumanTrafficking
RT @Mglsd_UG: Hon. Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, @Tumukunde_, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, hosted the Chargé d’Affaires a…
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Thank you for the engagement and continued commitment to advancing children’s rights in Uganda.
Together, let us turn our shared commitments into lasting results #ForEveryChild.
Today, I met the UNICEF Country Representative to Uganda for a high-level bilateral engagement centered on advancing our shared strategic vision for the protection, development, and empowerment of all Ugandan children.
Our discussions reaffirmed the enduring partnership between the Government of Uganda and @UNICEFUganda, highlighting our mutual commitment to strengthening child protection systems, broadening access to quality education and healthcare, and ensuring a safe, nurturing environment for every child.
As we pursue our national development objectives, sustained collaboration with international development partners remains vital to addressing systemic challenges, safeguarding vulnerable households, and guaranteeing that no child is left behind. Investing in the holistic well-being of our children remains the cornerstone of Uganda’s long-term prosperity and sustainable future.
The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, in collaboration with @UNFPAUganda, is today launching the dissemination the Revised National Multimedia Strategy for the Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Jinja City.
Originally developed in 2016, the strategy has been updated to respond to Uganda’s evolving communication landscape, including the growing use of digital and social media, technology-facilitated GBV and emerging challenges linked to climate change.
Today’s dissemination aims to strengthen stakeholder ownership and coordinated implementation at national and decentralised levels, promote harmonised, inclusive, gender-responsive and survivor-centred GBV messaging and reporting, and reinforce coordination and referral linkages.
Particular attention is given to persons with disabilities, refugees and other marginalised groups to ensure inclusive GBV prevention and response efforts. The official launch of the revised strategy will take place during the 16 Days of Activism against GBV.
@MoICT_Ug @UgandaMediaCent @NITAUganda1 @Uganetlaw @sauti116
As Uganda’s communication landscape evolves, stakeholders have emphasised the need to adapt GBV prevention and response efforts to changing media consumption and reporting patterns, particularly the growing use of digital and social media to report cases of GBV.
The dissemination in Jinja also highlighted the importance of strengthening data collection, reporting and learning through a centralised Data and Learning Hub to provide periodic updates on GBV trends and interventions.
The revised National Multimedia Strategy will be officially launched in Namutumba District during the 16 Days of Activism against GBV, as Uganda reflects on the progress made and renews its commitment to ending GBV.
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UPDATE: The second day of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development’s child labour inspections in Butambala District uncovered children breaking stones at a quarry, with some adults explaining that they were helping their parents raise money for school fees.
The Minister of State for Elderly Affairs, @JacqueMbabazi has called for stronger economic empowerment initiatives that enable women and young people to become entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders in Uganda’s animal-resource value chains.
She was speaking while presiding over the launch of the Women Business Incubation Networks, at Excel Hort Consult AgriBusiness Incubator in Mbarara earlier today. @JacqueMbabazi emphasized the need to link economic empowerment Programmes to productive sectors and viable market opportunities to ensure that women and youth benefit meaningfully from the country’s animal resource economy.
She noted that women and youth should move to become enterprise owners, service providers, innovators and industry leaders.
Hon. Mbabazi said, that wealth generated from animal resources must translate into prosperity for local communities, emphasizing that the benefits of the livestock sector ought to reach the people who contribute to its growth.
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President @KagutaMuseveni has urged cultural leaders to preserve Africa’s heritage, advance indigenous knowledge and support wealth creation as essential pillars of national development.
He called for greater African unity and economic integration, as well as closer collaboration between cultural institutions and government, to transform communities.