“Around seven per cent of the total population living in the EU Member States are born outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study …
Alleged Murder of Domestic Worker: ILAW, Family Query Postmortem Report, Ask for Fresh Autopsy
International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network and the family of the late Joy Adole, suspected to have been beaten to death by her employer sometime in April this year, have …
East Africa must prioritise women, girls’ protection during Covid-19 and beyond
For the better part of 2020, East African countries have been battling to contain the spread of Covid-19 with over 46,633 cases reported across Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi …
Cleaners Demand Harassment Safeguards From the Booking Service Handy
It was supposed to be just another routine job for Patti Cris, who in early 2018 was a contract worker for the home services booking site Handy. She got the …
The Inter American Court of Human Rights sets standards on the gender-based violence continuum in educational settings
Guzmán Albarracín and Others vs Ecuador, adopted by the Inter American Court of Human Rights in June 2020, is historic. This is the first case in the Inter American Human Rights …
Uber may face big fines for stonewalling on sexual assault data
Uber has spent nine months battling California regulators’ demands for detailed information on sexual harassment and assault claims made by its customers and drivers. The company’s favored legal strategy of …
Sexual assault, forced labor, wage theft: garment workers in Jordan suffer for US brands
Mehedi Mehedi, a 36-year-old Bangladeshi garment worker who had spent 14 years working in Jordan, left the country forever last December. It was not an easy decision to make: Mehedi …
SITI AISAH AND OTHERS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 238 27 August 2020 (Admissibility)
“The Commission notes that this petition includes allegations regarding the alleged impossibility, due to the diplomatic immunity of the foreign employers and the ineffectiveness of the protection and remedies put …
Fashion’s dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories
“At one of the biggest garment factories in Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho, the managers never hired enough regular workers to complete the clothing orders that flooded in from …
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Workplace sexual harassment in Mexico: towards gender-transformative remedies
“A new Mexican labour law reform provides a series of non-judicial avenues to redress sexual harassment in the workplace, including a State conciliation mechanism and workplace grievance mechanisms. This raises …