Tag Archives: UAERA

The Ministry of Gender has finally given a green light to external recruitment companies to start operation in Uganda on the 8th-Dec-2020. That the process complies with COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The ministry convened a meeting with the permanent secretary Ministry of gender and externalization of labour stakeholders on Monday 23rd November 2020. The stakeholders agreed that externalization of ...

The Minister of Gender , Labour and Social Services, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze has announced the lifting of the ban on external recruitment in Uganda. This comes after the Ministry of Health eased more Covid-19 measures to accommodate up to 200 people in a group. The government suspended external recruitment in March as a measure to control the spread of the ...

Earlier in March, the Ugandan government suspended the externalization of labour to the middle East as part of the fight against COVID-19. A group of women working in the Middle East have petitioned the Minister of Labour, Gender and Social Development on the government’s ban on the export of labour to the Middle East. The protesters peacefully marched to the ...

In recent years the external labour recruitment especially in the Middle East has gained prominence in Uganda and so has been the exposure of the challenges involved, especially for domestic workers. Subsequently, many have called for banning of labour migration to the Middle East, especially domestic workers to cub down the challenges employed in those areas and kinds of jobs. ...

Police and UAERA has intercepted a total of 35 girls at Entebbe International Airport as they tried to make their way out of the country to the middle East. The Airport anti-human trafficking police in conjunction with UAERA (Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies) carried out this operation. The Airport police swang into action and offloaded the ladies at the ...