Malaysia: women union leaders reject unsafe and unhealthy working conditions3 March, 2025At the 27 February IndustriALL Malaysia women’s committee meeting, 30 women union leaders, from IndustriALL Global Union Malaysia affiliates, highlighted unsafe and unhealthy practices in the country's manufacturing sectors.
Mobilize for gender equality27 February, 2025The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, turning 30 this year, has been key in driving a new women’s rights and a gender equality agenda. However, the UN highlights that despite significant strides, progress on gender equality, the rights and empowerment of all women and girls remain slow.
New toolkit to tackle gender-based violence in the battery supply chain6 February, 2025The global shift to renewable energy has put the battery supply chain in the spotlight, but behind the scenes, workers, particularly women, face alarming levels of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH). To combat this, IndustriALL has released a new toolkit offering concrete strategies to address this urgent issue.
Driving change to end workplace violence against women25 November, 2024Today, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, IndustriALL Global Union reflects on a year of progress and renews the commitment to eradicate gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace.
IndustriALL women tackle AI bias and GBVH13 November, 2024IndustriALL’s Women’s Committee met virtually on 6-7 November to discuss advancing gender equality across sectors. Standout themes were artificial intelligence (AI), due diligence, gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), and an inspiring pilot mentorship programme.
Ethiopia’s Bole Lemi industrial park sets up workplace daycare centres 30 October, 2024One of Ethiopia’s industrial parks, Bole Lemi, in Addis Ababa, has set up workplace child daycare facilities to cater for young mothers working in the park.
New centre for Tunisia’s women garment workers 26 September, 2024A new women’s centre has opened in Tunis to support female workers in Tunisia’s textile and garment industry. Run under the auspices of Fédération Générale du Textile, de l'Habillement, Chaussure et Cuir - FGTHCC-UGTT and IndustriALL and sponsored by online retailer ASOS, the centre will support female workers around gender-based violence and health and safety, training and campaigning for women-related matters, especially ratification of C190.
Making the textile and garment industry in MENA and Africa safer19 September, 2024Participants from unions representing textile and garment workers in Africa and MENA joined experts from the ILO, OECD, International Accord, as well as online brand ASOS for a conference on occupational health and safety in the textile and garment industry.
There is still a gender pay gap18 September, 2024International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18 September, represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. The gender pay gap persists globally, averaging 20 percent despite equal pay laws and widespread ratification of the ILO Equal Remuneration Convention. This gap stems from entrenched gender inequalities in society, the economy, and the labour market. Closing the gender pay gap is one of the ways to achieve social and economic justice for women.
ILO report highlights IndustriALL C190 work13 September, 2024A recent report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), entitled: Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, shines a crucial spotlight on the escalating issue of workplace violence, with a particular focus on responses to rising levels of violence and harassment since the COVID-19 pandemic and how unions adapted and shifted their negotiations to include responses to the pandemic while continuing to implement their strategies relating to both the ratification and full implementation of the Convention (C190).
