Project Participants
Tanzania Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union
TPAWU 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.
Ugandan Workers' Education Association
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.
Workers' Education Association of Zambia
WEAZ was founded in 1997, after three years of preparatory activity by the education department of the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions in partnership with WEA in the UK. It was conceived mainly in response to the dramatic increase of unemployment from the mining and associated industries, and the need to support retrenched workers with community-based education opportunities.
In this project WEAZ are working in partnership with the Nation Union of Plantation, Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUPAAW).
Kenya Women Workers' Organization
KEWWO is a rights and advocacy organisation that was established in 1990. KEWWO draws its membership from three categories of women: wage earning workers; self-employed workers and rural peasant farmers. KEWWO, which also has members from the cut flower industry, seeks to negotiate with the necessary authorities for better conditions for wage earners. It also attempts to secure representation of women workers on government boards and committees dealing with labour production and trade.