Women Workers, Trade Unions and Grassroots Organisations Unite to Demand Governments Address Gender-Based Violence in all Workplaces and Ratify ILO C-190
Women workers, particularly in the Global South, have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout. Now, more than ever, governments need to ratify ILO Convention 190 (C190) and its accompanying Recommendation No. 206 (R206), as a pathway to end violence and harassment in all workplaces and rebuild society with justice and equality at the center.
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Open Letter to EU Policymakers to Protect Workers in all Tiers of Supply Chains by AFWA, WIEGO, Home-Based Women Workers Federation, HomeNet & NTUF
The European Commission is drafting legislation mandating companies to uphold human rights in their supply chains. The Directive should apply to all workers in all tiers of the chain. Read our Open Letter to European Union policymakers written along with the Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), HomeNet International (HNI), HomeNet South Asia (HNSA), HomeNet Southeast Asia (HNSEA), National Trade Union Federation, Pakistan (NTUF) and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO).
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Joint Statement by International Dalit Solidarity Network and Asia Floor Wage Alliance
International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) and Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) echo the call by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) and Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU) on garment brands to negotiate a binding agreement to end systemic gender-based violence that leverages caste discrimination at H&M supplier factory Natchi Apparels after a 21-year-old Dalit garment worker was murdered by her dominant caste factory supervisor earlier this year.
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AFWA, WIEGO, HNSA, and HNSEA Demand a COVID-19 Supply Chain Relief Contribution from Brands for all Garment Workers
AFWA, WIEGO, HNSA and HNSEA jointly demand that global brands in the fashion industry make a Supply-chain Relief Contribution (SRC) to all garment workers in their supply chains during the COVID-19 crisis. Workers include time-rated, piece-rated, subcontracted, and home workers.
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