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Tanzania Plantation and Agriculture Workers Union (TPAWU)Project management in Tanzania - Co-ordinator Phillipina Mosha TPAWU was registered as a union in 2000 and have a membership of 33,450 of which 27% are women. It is affiliated to the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA). TPAWU has been active in support of women workers and for the past twelve years has been coordinating a project for women workers in sugar, tea, coffee and sisal plantations aimed at improving the living and working conditions. |
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Uganda Workers Education Association (UWEA)Project management in Uganda - Co-ordinator Flavia Amoding UWEA was registered in Oct 2001 with a national executive in Kampala and three district branches. There are two full time staff in the office in Kampala, a General Secretary and Programme Officer. Current work includes providing education for those who have lost employment and for vulnerable workers such as women and young people. There is also an awareness building programme around HIV and AIDS. UWEA works closely with trade unions and with NGOs such as the Platform for Labour Action and Human Rights Concern. |
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National Federation of Farm, Plantation, Fishery and Agro-Industry Trade Unions of Ethiopia (NFFPFATU)Project management in Ethiopia - Co-ordinator Hanan Aman The National Federation of Farm Plantation Fishery and Agro Industry Trade Unions (NFFPFATU) was re-authenticated in 1995. It is one of the largest and strongly founded Federations of the nine Industrial Federations affiliated to the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU). The federation has a general objective of assuring workers of the sector are unionized and their rights, benefits, and safety are protected; it has an independent constitution and internal procedure that would help to attain its objectives. Gender equality is deeply rooted in all societies. Unions need women as much as women need unions. The federation has adopted the national Trade Union gender policy at all levels, including the organization of Women committees at the general Assembly to the grass root level. |
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