The global garment industry is responsible for millions of people’s well-being around the world. The chains linking high-street stores such as H&M, Zara and Marks & Spencer, and the people who make the clothes these stores sell, stretch across the
A collection of articles by the Committee to Protect Journalists on violence against women journalists and media workers. They are also available as a collected print edition.
Highlights of the provisions of the Domestic Workers Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work and a call for action
This study serves to quantify levels of violence experienced by marginalized communities within countries in Southeast Asia. Violence against women, lesbian women, and sex workers create issues beyond those in the community. Lack of policy or initiatives to protect these
HRW reports on immigrants in the farm and agricultural industry as a whole, but also focusing on the unique experiences of young women and children, and single women.
The eight good practices demonstrate successful initiatives to combat child labour in India and Nepal; to establish strong and sustainable domestic workers organizations in the form of trade unions, cooperatives or associations in Indonesia, the Philippines and the Republic of
Clean Clothes Campaign | Tailored Wages
The global garment industry is responsible for millions of people’s well-being around the world. The chains linking high-street stores such as H&M, Zara and Marks & Spencer, and the people who make the clothes these stores sell, stretch across the
Committee to Protect Journalists | Attacks on the Press: Gender and Media Freedom Worldwide
A collection of articles by the Committee to Protect Journalists on violence against women journalists and media workers. They are also available as a collected print edition.
Convention 189 & Recommendation 201 at a glance
Highlights of the provisions of the Domestic Workers Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work and a call for action
Count me In! Research report on violence against disabled, lesbian, and sex-working women in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal
This study serves to quantify levels of violence experienced by marginalized communities within countries in Southeast Asia. Violence against women, lesbian women, and sex workers create issues beyond those in the community. Lack of policy or initiatives to protect these
Counting the Cost: The Price Society pays for violence against women
Cultivating Fear: The Vulnerability of Immigrant Farmworkers in the US to Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment
HRW reports on immigrants in the farm and agricultural industry as a whole, but also focusing on the unique experiences of young women and children, and single women.
Dangerous Liasons
A survey of the violence experienced by women working as prostitutes in Oslo
Decent work for domestic workers: eight good practices from Asia
The eight good practices demonstrate successful initiatives to combat child labour in India and Nepal; to establish strong and sustainable domestic workers organizations in the form of trade unions, cooperatives or associations in Indonesia, the Philippines and the Republic of
Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military
Statistical data provided to show sexual harassment data within the Army, Navy, Air Force, and National Guard Bureau.
Disability and Gender-Based Violence
Around the world,