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Funding Opportunity: DRL Workers’ Rights in Africa – Mining, Manufacturing & Construction

Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program - Somalia

Deadline: 28-Mar-23

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in promoting internationally recognized labor standards for workers in mining, manufacturing, and/or construction in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Human rights abuses are alleged in the mining, manufacturing, and construction sectors across Sub-Saharan Africa. Concerns about these often foreign-owned and operated industries include lack of transparency and disclosure of impact assessments and due diligence processes, land rights violations, loss of livelihoods, health threats, and labor rights abuses.

Labor rights violations are reported regularly in these industries with poor working conditions stemming from non-compliance with, and challenges enforcing, laws and standards for occupational safety and health, working time, wages and contracts, and employee benefits. Abuses against workers in these industries include unsafe work environments; unfair dismissal; nonpayment, underpayment, and delayed payment of wages; discrimination; lack of fair hiring processes; and restrictions on unionization.

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