by Tula Connell | Dec 18, 2019 | Americas, Asia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Equality & Inclusion, Europe & Central Asia, Gender, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Workers & Human Rights
During the recent 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, workers and their unions from Honduras to Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Nigeria and Bangladesh made big gains raising awareness about gender-based violence and harassment at work (GBVH) and demanding that...
by Carolyn Butler | Nov 21, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Gender
On the seven-year anniversary of a deadly Bangladesh factory fire that killed 112 mostly young, female garment workers and injured more than 200 others, progress made by workers to improve their workplaces is threatened by the country’s crackdown on their right to...
by Carolyn Butler | Aug 30, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Global Supply Chains
A devastating fire in Dhaka’s Jhilpar slum earlier this month highlights the deplorable living conditions suffered by low-wage workers producing clothing for the global marketplace in Bangladesh’s highly profitable garment sector. The August 16 fire destroyed...
by Tula Connell | May 16, 2019 | Asia, Equality & Inclusion, Gender, Sri Lanka, Workers & Human Rights
Solidarity Center’s video on gender-based violence at work is now available in Sinhala and Tamil. The two-minute video explains the forms of gender-based violence at work, which include bullying, verbal abuse and stalking, systemic gendered imbalance between employers...
by Tula Connell | May 9, 2019 | Asia, Equality & Inclusion, Gender, Indonesia, Workers & Human Rights
Like women around the world, Indonesian factory, farm and office workers frequently face sexual harassment, bullying, rape and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) on the job—yet many are unaware that anything can be done to address it. Now, union women leaders...
by Tula Connell | Apr 23, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Global Supply Chains, Safety & Health, Workers & Human Rights
Six years ago, the preventable Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 garment workers in the world’s worst garment industry disaster. Corporate greed, inadequate labor and building code enforcement, and worker exploitation all contributed to the April 24,...
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