Platform for Labour Action (PLA) is a National Civil Society Organization that was founded in the year 2000. PLA is focused on promoting and protecting the rights of vulnerable and marginalized workers through empowerment of communities and individuals in Uganda.
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Mugisha Ian is a 33 year old resident of Nansana Wakiso District. He was unfairly terminated after working as a teacher in a Primary School, Namasuba.
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Namataka Halima is a 55 year old resident of Kakiri Wakiso district who worked as a cook at a School for 22 years. She was unfairly terminated in November 2015 without paying her any gratuity.
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12 single mothers were enabled to recover, own and control properties including land and bicycle which their in-laws and family members had wrongfully taken from them or tress passed upon as well as accessed basic needs for their children from the fathers of their children.
Oluka Sara a 34-year-old single mother of three in Amolatar district who recovered her bicycle from a one Okello Godwin her brother in law who had taken away the bicycle from her following her husband death. She reported a case to PLA partner CBO in Amolatar in March 2018 to which the paralegal intervened resulting into Godwin returning Sara’s bicycle. Okello was educated on the rights of women/ widows to inherit and manage their late husband’s property without disturbance which he appreciated. He even apologized to Sara.
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