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Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The project has done an excellent job of combining support to improve the situation of individual domestic workers by empowering them with knowledge and offering legal support, with a wider initiative to change the legal environment in which they operate.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   change, domestic worker, empowerment, environment, knowledge, support
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Outlining the wider contribution domestic workers play in Uganda’s economy has been key in shifting attitudes more generally.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   knowledge
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

In designing a project that addresses knowledge gaps, builds and strengthens locally owned association structures and looks to improve the legal environment, PLA created outcomes that support each other, and the overall objective of the project.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   association, knowledge, law, local, objective, ownership, support
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date:
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Door to door engagements may be the most time consuming and expensive way of doing engagement, but for this face-to-face interaction is the most effective outreach approach.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   engagement, outreach
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Employers are more likely to introduce contracts and treat Domestic Worker staff better when they feel they are part of the discussions, not when they feel the decision is being forced on them. Getting Domestic Workers and employers on the same page, though not always easy, is key.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   decision, domestic worker, employment, staff
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Domestic work is not as female dominated as one might think. But female and male domestic workers often have different experiences, with the former more likely to be underpaid and sexual exploited.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   domestic worker, female, male
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Building allies in parliament and providing technical inputs whilst allowing them to drive the reform process, is a strategy that has worked well.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   parliament, reform, technical
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Adaptive project management and implementation allowed for adjustments to be made that enhanced the overall goal of the project.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   goal, project management
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Training individual duty-bearers can impact on their own attitudes but rarely has a wider or organizational impact.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   impact, stakeholder, training
Project: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Accessing Domestic Workers who are live-in, rather than live-out requires a different approach, given the difficulties in undertaking door-to-door engagement. There are still many domestic workers isolated and unaware of their rights.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   Access, domestic workers, engagement, rights
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