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The Village Savings and Loans Associations: Giving a second chance to the Financially despaired women of Hoima District
As many other women in Uganda´s Hoima district, Grace Kyamurya has benefitted from the Village Savings and Loans Associations to improve the livelihood of her family and make sure that her children are able to attend to school.
From a boy earning peanuts in the field to a man earning decent income from energy stoves
When Kennedy turned 16, his father decided that he was going to stop paying for his school fee. He then took the reins of his future and received training to build energy saving stoves for his community.
Women's empowerment: Overcoming obstacles imposed by cultural and social norms
“I now believe in myself and dream in color”, says Charity Taoneratu, a founding member of the Msambaimfa Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) in Malawi.
Asah, Asih, Asuh: it takes a village to raise a child, an example from Indonesia
Read about Pak Adi's story protecting children in rural Indonesia from child labour and child marriage.
Improving incomes and empowering women – a killer combo in the fight against child labour
When families are financially empowered, particularly women and mothers, they are far more likely to invest in their children’s education and remove them from any potentially dangerous work in the fields. In this article, we will be explaining why investing in the financial empowerment of rural families, and more specifically women, is such a powerful tool in the elimination of child labour.
The strength of the "we": this is how Uganda is joining efforts to tackle child labour
The Global Conference for the Elimination of Child Labour will take place this year for the first time on African soil, and organisations like ECLA Uganda will be able to share how they are tackling the problem. In advance, Eddie Wambewo, its Executive Director, spoke with us about their collaborative efforts to raise awareness, implement policies and support communities
Fighting child labour during a pandemic: an example from Uganda
In Uganda the COVID-19 lockdowns and school closings significantly affected rural communities heightening risks of child labour and other supply chain concerns. With global estimates of child labour on the increase, the pandemic has only exacerbated the situation putting millions more children at risk. Now more than ever it is critical for the public and private sector to join forces, pool resources, and take a systemic and thorough approach to support farmers and families and ECLA Uganda has been doing just this.
Business and Human Rights: what does it mean for child labour?
Principle 5 of the United Nations Guiding Principles calls for businesses to uphold the effective abolition of child labour. What can businesses do to tackle child labour? Read this article to find out the role of the private sector in respecting human rights and fighting child labour.