Workplace Inequality for Women in Uganda: When a Paycheck Demands Silence
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- Apr 7
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By Tiffany Orner | Founder, IGY6 Company | Mentor, Cameras For Girls
“You’re difficult to work with.” “Single women expect too much.” “You should’ve taken it as a compliment.”
This is the reality of workplace inequality for women in Uganda. It’s not about inconvenience—it’s about survival. In our latest Letter From Uganda, The Brave One courageously shares her experience working in a corporate office where power and harassment walked hand in hand, unchecked.
She was labeled “ungrateful” for speaking up and ultimately lost her job because she refused advances from a male superior. Her dignity was called defiance, and her boundaries were a liability.
📊 The Reality of Workplace Inequality for Women in Uganda
Let’s set the record straight with facts that can’t be ignored:
📌 87% of employed Ugandan women work under vulnerable conditions with no legal protections (ILO, 2023)
📌 29% of formal businesses in Uganda are owned by women (World Bank, 2023)
📌 89% of Ugandan women in the formal sector report having experienced workplace harassment (Akina Mama wa Afrika, 2021)
And most never report it—because in many cases, doing so means losing everything.
💔 Silence Isn’t Culture, It’s Control
What happened to The Brave One happens to countless women. And worse, many are shamed by their communities and families for not "just going along with it."
That shame, that silence, and that survival mentality are all rooted in structural injustice. This is what workplace inequality for women in Uganda really looks like—and why it cannot be ignored.
📸 A Camera, A Voice, A Way Out
Cameras For Girls is disrupting this narrative. This nonprofit gives Ugandan women real skills and economic power through professional photography and storytelling training. It gives them their voice back and helps them amplify the voices of others.
I’ve mentored through this program. And I’ll repeat it—it matters.
💥 Here’s How You Can Show Up
🧡 Become a Mentor → camerasforgirls.org/become-a-mentor
🧡 Donate any amount → the-creators.raiselysite.com
🧡 Read and Share the whole story → LinkedIn: The Pleas of an Average Corporate Working Woman in Uganda
🧠 Final Takeaway
We cannot end what we won’t name. And we will not silence what we now know.
Support the women who are standing tall in systems built to break them. Silence isn't strength, but solidarity is. And we have work to do.
