Janat Mukwaya

Janat Mukwaya is a politician and former Major in the military of Uganda. Currently she is a Senior Presidential Advisor Before that, she previously served as the Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011. the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Affairs from 6 June 2016 until December 2019. Minister of Trade and Industry from June 2006 until February 2009.

Quotes

• women are more often than men subjected to violence and harassment at work but unfortunately, although violence against women is widely acknowledged, few people raise a voice against the vice.
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• For others, the violence and harassment because of conservative stereotypes, is seen as a reality that has to be tolerated as part of life.I am therefore pleased that the International Labour Organisation is working on an international labour standard on ending violence and harassment at work”
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• We look forward to ably representing Africa, and to the overall fruitful deliberations in ensuring that violence and harassment at work is ended.
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• Similarly, imbalances in asset ownership especially land should also addressed. This is because where males own and control land, access to finance will also be skewed in favour of men yet capital is crucial for improvement of livelihoods of women through enterprise development.”
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• we must enable women to take their destiny into their hands through education, employment creation and enterprise development.”
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• Gender gaps are also a matter of concern. A woman is associated globally with 30 per cent less chance of being in the labour force and often being at the bottom of the economic ladder. Women continue to be paid approximately 20 per cent less than men per month across the world, even when they are engaged in the same or work of equal value.”
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