Garment industries, EPZ factories, tea industries, shrimp processing factories is reported to be a few of the most violent prone sectors in Bangladesh. This report focuses on values, societal norms, and quality of policies to better analyze and understand why
A Time for Change: Advancing Legal Protections on Gender-Based Violence at Work
This policy brief by the International Labor Rights Forum makes the case for why the ILO should adopt a Convention to end gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work. It also showcases how a new binding international standard would
Advancing Legal Protections on Gender-Based Violence at Work
From violence on the way to work to domestic violence, the ILRF created a report to provide a general understanding of the many communities affected by gender-based violence.
Agricultural Worker Sector Focus
Agricultural work is critical to global economies, food security, and health and therefore heavily dependent on the workers behind agrarian production, which is estimated to include one billion workers worldwide. Most of them live in poverty and according to the
Angela Riccitello, Program Intern
Angela Riccitello is a senior at Rutgers University – New Brunswick pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies as well a minor in Psychology. She is a content writer for Rutgers Odyssey, was recently the Commissioner’s Intern
Anti-Slavery International | Into the Unknown: Exploitation of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon
New research looking at the vulnerabilities to widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon rooted directly in the systems in place in both home and destination countries. It also looks at the work Anti-Slavery and its partners have
Ardra Manasi, CWGL Senior Program Coordinator, Advocacy and Partnerships
Ardra Manasi is a development practitioner based in New York City, with expertise in gender policy, migration and technology for development. Currently, she is a Senior Program Coordinator at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), where her work focuses
Arielle Yu, Program Intern
Arielle Yu is a senior at Rutgers University, studying Information Technology & Informatics with a minor in Critical Intelligence Studies. Her work as a Program Intern for the Global 16 Days Campaign, allows her to actively utilize the skills she
Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff
“Healthcare workers regularly face the risk of violent physical, sexual, and verbal assault from their patients. To explore this phenomenon, a collaborative descriptive qualitative study was undertaken by university-affiliated researchers and a union council representing registered practical nurses, personal support
Baseline Survey to Know the Extent and Severity of Violence Against Women in Selected Sectors
Garment industries, EPZ factories, tea industries, shrimp processing factories is reported to be a few of the most violent prone sectors in Bangladesh. This report focuses on values, societal norms, and quality of policies to better analyze and understand why
OHCHR | Behind closed doors: Protecting and promoting the human rights of migrant domestic workers in an irregular situation
Around the world more than 50 million people, many of them women, are domestic workers. Of these, a significant number are migrants, including migrants who are in an irregular situation. The work they do is invaluable. Among a myriad other