Thread by @MakeWomenCount

Today and tomorrow we will be looking at #policies in workplace and how different sectors are attempting to address #GBV and sexual harassment in workplaces and #protecting women workers' #rights

#16DaysofActivism2019 #ILOendGBV
#awarenesstoaccountability

ESCOM, #Malawi power utility company, created a Gender and Social Inclusion unit. It also developed/implemented policies to ensure a zero tolerance to sexual harassment and discrimination in the company.
medium.com/power-africa/e…

#16DaysofActivism2019 #ILOendGBV

Nien Hsing Textile company has partnered with #Lesotho based #unions and women's rights orgs to launch a program to prevent #SGBV in their garment factories, which employs more than 10,000 workers.

industriall-union.org/agreement-to-e…

#16Days #ILOendGBV
#awarenesstoaccountability

Speaking of #unions they can play a fundamental role in #collectivising and #amplifyingvoices against #SGBV in workplaces.

#StrongerTogether
#16Days #dignityatwork #ILOendGBV

For instance, unions in #SouthAfrica hv been advocating for establishment of company-based gender committed to address #GBV They stress that a solid industrial relations system is crucial in enabling more stable policies on GBV in workplace.

#16Days #ILOendGBV

The @ilo Bureau for Workers’ Activities’ report shows there is a strong connection b/w #access to decent work, #nondiscrimination and being protected by a trade union in #preventingviolence against women and men at work.

Read report here: ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/…

@ilo @ituc "Decisions for Life" project raises awareness on #SGBV affecting daily lives of young working women in countries such as Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique and Zambia

Resulted in increase in W's particip in union 2 negotiate for more inclusive workplace policies.

@ilo @ituc Similarly, an agreement was signed between the #Uganda Flower Exporters Association and the Uganda Horticultural and Allied Workers Union. It requires a sector-wide sexual harassment policy be put in place in companies with more than 25 workers.
#16DaysofActivism2019 #ILOendGBV

@ilo @ituc #16Days #dignityatwork #StrongerTogether #ILOendGBV #inclusivepolicies

@ilo @ituc On company policies, Unilever Tea in #Kenya did an indep review on #SGBV in plantation sector. Began training prog&built support networks 4 victims. Also, partnered w/ UNWomen, developed a human rights-based intervention across teasupply chain.

#16Day #awarenesstoaccountability

@ilo @ituc Moot point is #EnoughIsEnough Time to speak up/call out the culture of impunity, weak policies, misogynistic attitudes that terrorize victims into silence, the hypocrisy... Standing in solidarity!

#16Days #dignityatwork
#reclaimingrights #rewritingfutures
#strongertogther

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