Not For Sale Uganda

Uganda has one of the highest levels of youth unemployment – more than 75% of Uganda’s population is below the age of 30 and 13.3% are unemployed. This has fueled an increase in Ugandans lured to the Middle East and Asia with false job promises. Safe employment opportunities for this generation are desperately needed. Few traffickers have been convicted and of those that have, half faced no jail time. COPTIP reported that traffickers are increasingly organized and may have formed regional trafficking networks. Efforts to identify victims and stop traffickers are vital.