How a Sexual-Harassment Suit May Test the Reach of #MeToo in China

Just after noon on December 2nd, dozens of young women gathered on Danling Street, in central Beijing, outside the Haidian District Court, where a high-profile sexual-harassment trial was set to …

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Exclusive: Workers in Factory That Makes Kate Hudson’s Fabletics Activewear Allege Rampant Sexual and Physical Abuse

Employees at a garment factory in Lesotho, a tiny country in southern Africa, say they have lived in constant fear for years. Each day at 7 a.m., as their sewing machines …

Lebanon: Sexual Harassment Law Missing Key Protections

Lebanon’s new sexual harassment law falls short of international standards by addressing sexual harassment solely as a crime and neglecting prevention, labor law reforms, monitoring, and civil remedies, Human Rights Watch …

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Fight for $15 Pressures Job Boards Over McDonald’s Ads After Sexual Harassment Claims

“McDonald’s talks about and markets itself and prides itself on the fact that it’s ‘America’s best first job’,” Allynn Umel, Fight for $15’s national director, tells Teen Vogue. “And in the …

Avanzamos en las leyes, pero falta cambiar la cultura laboral en equidad de género

A más de año y medio de que entró en vigor la reforma laboral, en la que se incluyeron cambios en materia de libertad sindical y contratación colectiva, se sumaron …

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Somalia’s Ratification of Seven (7) ILO Conventions Represents New Hope for Workers, Says Festu

The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) applauds the official signing and ratification of seven International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions by Somalia’s Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, on behalf of …

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ECUADOR: ASAMBLEA APRUEBA CONVENIO 190 DE LA OIT PARA PONER FIN A LA VIOLENCIA Y EL ACOSO EN EL MUNDO DEL TRABAJO | ASSEMBLY APPROVES ILO CONVENTION 190 TO END VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORLD OF WORK

“Este domingo, 17 de enero, el Pleno de la Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador aprobó con unanimidad el Convenio sobre la Eliminación de la Violencia y Acoso en el mundo del …

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Seoul court orders Japan to pay damages over wartime sexual slavery

Japan has denounced as “utterly unacceptable” a South Korean court ruling ordering it to pay damages to women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during the …

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Why women’s right to health and gender equality should be your business

“In order to address existing inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic, companies should make a serious effort in reducing the gender pay gap, upholding maternity provisions, tackling gender bias, and reducing …

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Namibia ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)

On 9 December 2020, Namibia became the third country, after Uruguay and Fiji, and the first African country, to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) , a year …

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