Stopping gender based violence and harassment at work : the campaign for an ILO convention /

Stopping gender based violence and harassment at work : the campaign for an ILO convention / Jane Pillinger, Robin R. Runge and Chidi King.

An analysis of the International Labour Organization's ground-breaking global Treaty on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work and the ten-year campaign that led to its enactment from three authors who each played a key role in the campaign and the negotiation of the Conventio...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Authors: Pillinger, Jane (Author), Runge, Robin (Author), King, Chidi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2022.
Series:Women's work.
Subjects:
International Labour Organization
Sexual harassment of women > Prevention.
Women > Crimes against > Prevention.
Sexual harassment of women > Prevention
Women > Crimes against > Prevention
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Dedication
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • 1 Introduction
  • Overview
  • Our approach
  • The main themes running through the book
  • The power of the diversity of women's voices in leading the successful global campaign for C190
  • A campaign rooted in unprecedented women's leadership, and intersectional and diverse voices and experiences
  • The resurgence of #MeToo, globally bolstering the campaign for C190 and its ratification
  • The importance of a global campaign on gender-based violence in the world of work
  • An insight into how the global campaign and women's voices influenced ILO decision-making
  • Gender-based violence in the world of work: the evidence and mobilization
  • Structure of the book
  • 2 The campaign for a binding global labour standard, 2009-19
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the ITUC campaign and its origins
  • The role of global union federations
  • Mobilizing, advocating and agitating: a focus on national campaigns for an ILO Convention
  • Lobbying of and discussions with governments, including building alliances for this purpose
  • Awareness raising, training and building women's voice and agency in unions: helping to amplify women's voices and to bring women's experiences into the negotiations
  • An inclusive and intersectional approach: a focus on informal workers, including migrant and domestic workers
  • The power behind research evidence, data and stories of women's experiences
  • Collecting data to make the case for the inclusion of the impact of domestic violence in the world of work
  • Feminist allies in NGOs, human rights organizations and UN Women
  • Engagement of other NGOs and allies with employers and progressive companies
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Gender equality at the heart of decent work
  • The ITUC global campaign "Stop Gender-Based Violence at Work! Support an ILO Convention!"
  • 2009 Resolution on gender equality at the heart of decent work
  • The long haul: from a general discussion to standard setting
  • Conclusion
  • 4 The campaign leading to the meeting of experts in 2016 and a framework for a Convention and Recommendation
  • Introduction
  • Women's activism for a new global instrument
  • Extending the realm of global governance and the Sustainable Development Goals
  • 2016 tripartite meeting of experts
  • Key themes and conclusions negotiated in the meeting of experts
  • Definition and scope of violence and harassment in the world of work
  • Risk factors, precarious work and multiple forms of discrimination
  • Addressing violence and harassment in the world of work, including GBVH
  • Gaps to be addressed by (a) new ILO instrument(s)
  • Joint conclusions
  • Conclusion.

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