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Celebrating Five Years of ILO Convention 190: 

Addressing Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
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June 19, 2024, marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of ILO Convention (C190), the first international treaty to address violence and harassment in the world of work. On this occasion, we invite you to join our celebratory virtual event, “Celebrating Five Years of ILO Convention 190: Addressing Violence and Harassment in the World of Work.”
 

Date: Thursday, 20 June, 2024

Time: 8:00 am - 9:15 am EDT

Where: Virtual (Zoom). Please register to receive a link.
 

The event will feature speakers and respondents from philanthropy, governments, United Nations (UN) mechanisms and civil society organizations, and will focus on bridging labor and women’s rights movements to address gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work, by exploring links between care, labor and GBVH. 
 

We hope you will join us to mark this occasion.
 

Speakers (more to be announced)

  • Adriana Paz, General Secretary,  International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF)

  • Christy Hoffman, General Secretary, UNI Global Union

  • Fulya Pinar Ozcan, Member of ITUC Women’s Committee and President of the Women’s Committee at Öz İplik-İş, Turkiye

  • Anannya Bhattacharjee, International Coordinator, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA)

  • Ghada Abdel Tawab, Global Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Respondents

  • Fatime Christiane Ndiaye, Senior Gender Specialist, ILO Decent Work Team, Dakar

  • Tomoya Obokata, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences

Closing Remarks

  • Lopa Banerjee, Director, Civil Society Division, UN Women

Co-sponsored by: Global Labor Justice (GLJ), Solidarity CenterAsia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS), Feminist Alliance for Rights (FAR), Human Rights WatchInternational Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and UNI Global Union
 

This work is made possible with support from the Ford Foundation.
 

If you have any questions related to the event, please contact Ardra Manasi: [email protected]


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