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Welcome Reception
Honoring Lesotho government, labor,
nonprofit and business leaders behind the
historic Lesotho Agreements
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. SAST
Avani Maseru Hotel
Maseru, Lesotho
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High-Level Summit:
Eradicating Gender-Based Violence and
Harassment at Work in Southern Africa
Thursday, July 27, 2023
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. SAST | 2:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT
In person OR Virtual
Avani Maseru Hotel
Maseru, Lesotho
In-Person Reception and Summit in Maseru: Register HERE
Virtual Summit: Register HERE
Agenda and speaker list coming soon!
Millions of workers—most of them women—face intimidation, humiliation, physical and verbal assault, and worse on the job.
The Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights (M-POWER)* is working to eradicate gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work as part of its efforts to ensure worker rights and civil-society participation around the globe. This high-level summit, convened by M-POWER, will highlight advances toward that goal, including the Lesotho government’s ratification of ILO Convention 190 and the groundbreaking anti-GVBH agreements negotiated collaboratively by local unions, multinational brands sourcing from Lesotho and a local factory producing clothing for Western markets.
This event is co-hosted by M-POWER, the Lesotho Federation of Trade Unions and Lesotho Labor Council, and is supported by the Solidarity Center.
Partners for this event include the Congress of South African Trade Unions; Federation of Women Lawyers Lesotho; Independent Democratic Union of Lesotho; International Domestic Workers Federation; International Trade Union Confederation-Africa; International Trade Union Confederation; National Clothing, Textile and Allied Workers Union; Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council; United Textile Employees, Lesotho; Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust; Worker Rights Consortium; and Worker’s Rights Watch.
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* M-POWER is a historic global initiative focused on ensuring working families thrive in the global economy and elevating the role of trade unions and organized workers as essential to advancing democracy. The government of the United States and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) co-chair M-POWER, joined by steering committee members: the governments of Argentina, Canada and Spain; the International Domestic Worker Federation; the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU); the AFL-CIO; and Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy (FORGE). Additional partners include the government of Germany, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum, Solidarity Center and Worker Rights Consortium.
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