Labour export companies: Protect the migrant workers

Women’s Probono Initiative (WPI) has received several cases of human rights violations arising from the externalisation of labour of women in Uganda. 

This often shows up in the form of sexual exploitation and coercion, lack of pay, deplorable living and working conditions, and physical assault. The situation is exacerbated by lack of sufficient legal protection, deceptive recruitment practices, power imbalances where the workers highly depend on the employers, a lack of awareness of legal redress mechanisms, and inadequate monitoring and support.

In 2020, WPI instituted a…