Worldwide, more than half of the global population is not covered under any type of social protection scheme, and less than 30 per cent enjoys comprehensive social protection. Women are particularly disadvantaged in social protection systems, experiencing lower coverage rates
Inter-American Model Law on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women in Political Life (MESECVI, 2017)
To strengthen the capacity of States Party to the Convention of Belem do Para, MESECVI* elaborated the Inter-American Model Law on Violence Against Women in the Political Life. Incorporating elements of CEDAW, the Model Law emphasizes eliminating discrimination against women
ITUC Economic and Social Policy Brief: Gender Gaps in Social Protection
Worldwide, more than half of the global population is not covered under any type of social protection scheme, and less than 30 per cent enjoys comprehensive social protection. Women are particularly disadvantaged in social protection systems, experiencing lower coverage rates
ITUC | Economic and Social Policy Brief: Gender Gaps in Social Protection
Worldwide, more than half of the global population is not covered under any type of social protection scheme, and less than 30 per cent enjoys comprehensive social protection. Women are disadvantaged in social protection systems, experiencing lower coverage rates and
ITUC Stop Gender-Based Violence at Work Toolkit
IWMF | Violence and Harassment Against Women in the News Media: A Global Picture
This report is based on the findings of a global survey on harassment and violence against female media workers, which was launched in August 2013 and completed by almost 1,000 women from around the world. Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents
Journalist Sector Focus
Journalists and media workers have long been at risk for violence in the course of their work. The past few years have seen an uptick in the number of journalists and media workers who were killed, tortured, arrested or detained
Ley Modelo Interamericana sobre la prevención, sanción y erradicación de la violencia política contra las mujer (MESECVI, 2017)
To strengthen the capacity of States Party to the Convention of Belem do Para, MESECVI* elaborated the Inter-American Model Law on Violence Against Women in the Political Life. Incorporating elements of CEDAW, the Model Law emphasizes eliminating discrimination against women
Ley No. 243 Contra el acoso y la violencia política hacia las mujeres [Law No. 243 on harassment and violence against women in politics] [Bolivia]
The law aims to establish mechanisms to prevent and punish individual or collective acts of political harassment and violence against women, and provide care to victims, to fulfill women’s political rights in Bolivia.
LGBT in Britain
A survey conducted on people in England, Scotland and Wales that further contextualize the violence that people in the LGBT community face.
A.Y.U.D.A. Inc., Comité de Justicia Laboral, Fuerza del Valle Workers’ Center, National Domestic Workers Alliance | Living in the Shadows: Latina Domestic Workers in the Texas-Mexico Border Region
In 2016, three community-based organizations that operate in the Texas–Mexico border region collaborated on a participatory research project. A.Y.U.D.A. Inc., Fuerza del Valle Workers’ Center and Comité de Justicia Laboral/Labor Justice Committee trained 36 women from the local communities as