The effect of The COVID-19 pandemic on women labor related rights

Abstract

On 11th March, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Following the declaration, the government of the Republic of Uganda having confirmed its first positive case on 21st March, 2020 adopted various measures to mitigate the spread. These culminated into a lock down which has in various ways changed the social order including the work place. The lock down has adversely selected business activities by more than 50 percentage points Overall, 76% of the business reported to have reduced the size of their work force due to the pandemic. Of these, 29% reduced their employees by more than 50%.