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View all search results‘Guidebook’ decodes ILO convention on gender-based violence
A new book takes an inclusive, educational approach to raise awareness and understanding – and hopefully, spur action – on the 2019 ILO convention that aims to eliminate violence and harassment in a broadened “world of work”.
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The world of work is not a safe space for women, as seen in the increasing coverage on gender-based violence.
The latest was a shocking exposé by the Associated Press (AP) published on Nov. 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The article unearthed multiple cases of rape and abuse against women at a Sumatran oil palm plantation associated with prominent beauty brands around the globe.
One victim AP interviewed was a 16-year-old who recalled that she was raped by her boss “amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation” where she was a shift worker.
Just two years ago in December 2017, the Inter-Factory Workers Federation (FBLP) released a documentary short film, Angka Jadi Suara (The Day the Voices Are Raised), on the violence and harassment female workers suffered at a factory in an industrial estate in Cakung, East Jakarta.
During their filmed interview, the female factory workers recount their experiences of being ogled and catcalled by male mechanics in the same factory. Some of the women still work at the factory, while the others have quit.
To better protect women and other marginalized groups in the world of work, the International Labour Organization (ILO) on June 21, 2019 introduced Violence and Harassment Convention No. 190 on the elimination of all forms of violence and harassment in the world of work, including gender-based violence, supplemented with Recommendation No. 206 on violence and harassment.
