ICYMI: Highlights from M-POWER Summit on Eradicating Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work in Southern Africa

Building momentum together to help protect the millions of workers—most of them women—who face intimidation, humiliation, physical and verbal assault, and worse on the job.

In case you missed it—and with sincere thanks to summit co-hosts, and participants in Maseru, Lesotho, and virtually—we are pleased to share highlights from the recent summit on eradicating gender-based violence and harassment at work in Southern Africa:

Watch video highlights of the in-person event in Maseru, Lesotho, here and here.
Read a recap of Session 2 on the groundbreaking Lesotho Agreements.
Check out our photo essay.
You can also watch the “High-Level Summit on Eradicating Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work in Southern Africa” in full.

Featured speakers included: The Right Honorable Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, and representatives from M-POWER government partners Argentina, Canada, Germany, Spain and the United States.

This event was co-hosted by the Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights (M-POWER),* the Lesotho Federation of Trade Unions and Lesotho Labor Council, and supported by the Solidarity Center. Partners for this event included 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 Workers' Rights Watch.

* 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 governments of France, Germany and South Africa, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum, ProDESC, Solidarity Center and Worker Rights Consortium.

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