Uganda: Members of Parliament ask government to protect domestic workers abroad

The Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, has urged government to expeditiously put systems in place to monitor Ugandans who labour in foreign countries as domestic workers. This follows rampant cases of torture and death of Ugandan domestic workers abroad. MPs said government needed to emulate countries such as Philippines whose labour export industry flourishes and workers are shielded… Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/uganda-members-of-parliament-ask-government-to-protect-domestic-workers-abroad?lang=en