YLSAP: : Youth Labor Social Accountability Project (YLSAP)
- This was a 12- months project (Feb 2023-Jan 2024) that was supported by Solidarity Centre for implementation in Mombasa County (Changamwe & Jomvu sub counties).
The project’s objective:To bolster civic participation of trade unions, civil society, women, and youth in the informal economy in policy and legislative advocacy and accountability.
The project adopted an approach that sought to strengthen trade unions, CSOs, and community collaborations in advocacy for enhanced worker rights protections and accountability by government officials and elected leaders. The approach is informed by the need to complement strengths of both the unions and CSOs
Efforts under this objective serve to
- Increase the voice of the labor movement in accountability and transparency advocacy efforts at the county government level in Mombasa and Kisumu
- Foster and deepen broader cooperation and collaborations between the labor movement and other civil society organizations in Kisumu and Mombasa.
- Enhance labor movement’s power to influence policies that seek better protection for worker rights including women workers, youth in the informal economy and workers in the public service.
