July 7, 2021 – The Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) described by the ILO as “the first international treaty on violence and harassment in the world of work” came into force on June 25, 2021. To date, seven
Saahas is a feminist and peace-oriented tech tool that supports survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) access support across 196 countries and fosters active bystander intervention. Coded and created by Kirthi Jayakumar, Saahas is available as an Android app, a Facebook
by Angela Nguku, Founder and Executive Director of the White Ribbon Alliance Kenya (WRA Kenya) Midwives stand with women at every stage of life – providing comprehensive reproductive health, counseling, support services and more. Midwives, too, play the role of
April 1, 2021 – Today marks the three-month anniversary of the horrific murder of 20-year-old Jeyasre Kathiravel, an Indian Dalit woman who was a garment worker and union member organizing against gender-based violence and harassment at a major Indian garment
Lockdowns, the fear and stigma of contagion, increased care responsibilities, and heightened rates of domestic violence and gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic, have severely impacted the lives and livelihoods of informal women workers (IWW). According to the ILO,
March 9, 2021 — The Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD) in partnership with the Global 16 Days Campaign, jointly launched a national-level advocacy campaign with more than 25 allies from different sectors, to call on the Government of Nepal
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By Alana Dave International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) “As women workers, we want access to information and training. We want equal pay for equal work. We want women on all decision-making bodies. And protection against any form of violence. We
As part of our ongoing series of profiles on Global 16 Days Campaign allies and feminist leaders, we interviewed the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM), a feminist human rights organization that has worked extensively on promoting women’s human rights through
On July 22, 2020, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls[1] hosted a webinar to launch their new thematic report on women’s human rights in the changing world of work. This report is the Working Group’s eighth