22 September 2023 07:37
Gender, climate and workplace safety are intersectional—unions
BWI southern Africa affiliates in the construction sector from Mauritius met online on 11-12 September and discussed “critical intersections” between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in Workplaces and climate change. Read more...
10 September 2023 16:13
This was the statement issued by women trade unionists who attended last 5 September BWI Africa and Middle East’s 17th Regional Women’s Committee Meeting. The women trade union leaders called on their fellow women workers to join hands in furthering expand spaces for their participation and leadership inside and outside trade unions. Read more...
10 August 2023 02:53
On 7 August, Ambassador Marcel Tibaleka, representing the Government of the Republic of Uganda, deposited the instrument of ratification of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work to ILO Director General Gilbert Houngbo at the ILO headquarters in Geneva.Read more...
21 June 2023 11:14
Last 13 June, Belgium joined a growing number of countries that ratified the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on the Violence and Harassment in Workplaces. The convention is the first international instrument that recognises the right to a world of work free from violence and harassment, and in particular the right to be free from gender-based violence.
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19 June 2023 05:19
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) actively engaged inside and outside the International Labour Conference (ILC) which was held last week in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more...
15 June 2023 07:23
In Ghana, BWI and IndustriAll affiliates organised a "campaign activity" advocating for the ratification of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Workplace Violence and Harassment. The activity, sponsored by IndustriEnergi-Norway, was held on June 8 in Accra's Hall of Trade Unions and drew thirty-two (32) trade unionists. Read more...
09 June 2023 04:37
BWI’s International Women`s Committee (IWC), comprised of women trade union leaders from Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa, met on 31 May for its first meeting this year.Read more...
17 May 2023 08:28
BWI's women trade unionists spoke on climate justice and gender equality as two sides of the same coin to mark the end of spring 2023. Read more...
16 April 2023 11:47
Last 12 April, France became the 27th country in the world, and the 5th in the European Union, to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 on Violnce and Harassment in Workplaces. Read more...