Country Uganda
Year 2012
Type of Measure Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law
Form of Violence Sexual harassment

Brief Description


The Employment Sexual Harassment Regulations ordered by the Government of Uganda states that an employer with more than twenty-five employees shall adopt a written policy against sexual harassment which includes a notice to employees that sexual harassment is unlawful, a statement of consequences for employees who are found to have committed sexual harassment, and education and training programs on sexual harassment for all employees on a regular basis.  The employer is to also create a sexual harassment committee in which the committee receives and registers complaints of sexual harassment.  Reported cases are investigated by the labour officer.

Source of Information

The Government of Uganda, National Review on Beijing +20, 2014, para. 92