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A Promise Not Realised: The Right to Non-Discrimination in Work and Employment

A Promise Not Realised: The Right to Non-Discrimination in Work and Employment

The ILAW Network is pleased to present our new report, A Promised Not Realised: The Right to Non-Discrimination in Work and Employment – a collaboration of the ILAW Network and Equal Rights Trust (ERT). This issue brief focuses on two main questions: (1) why does discrimination in the workplace persist despite the widespread adoption of laws and regulations that prohibit it? and (2) how can countries create enabling environments to effectively prevent workplace discrimination and remedy it when it occurs?

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2023 Annual Report

2023 Annual Report

In 2023, the Solidarity Center supported workers as they took on exploitative multinational companies and robot algorithms, demanded their governments tackle social ills and deliver on promises, and fought for justice in environments increasingly dangerous to those who defend democracy and work to thwart disenfranchisement and inequality. In our annual report, learn about how the Solidarity Center is standing with workers, trade unions and their movements in 66 countries around the world as they organize and mobilize to create change.

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Widespread Exploitation in the EU Road Transport Industry: The Case of Central Asian Truck Drivers

Widespread Exploitation in the EU Road Transport Industry: The Case of Central Asian Truck Drivers

The ILAW Network is pleased to present our new report, Widespread Exploitation in the EU Road Transport Industry: The Case of Central Asian Truck Drivers, written by Imke van Gardingen and Edwin Atema of Road Transport Due Diligence (RTDD). This research was supported by the Solidarity Centre and the International Lawyers for Workers (ILAW) Network. Read the full report here and an update here.

In Their Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence & Harassment in South Africa’s Garment Factories and Clothing Retail Stores

In Their Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence & Harassment in South Africa’s Garment Factories and Clothing Retail Stores

In South Africa, 98 percent of women garment and retail workers surveyed in 2022 said they had experienced one or more forms of gender-based violence or harassment, including physical abuse, unwanted sexual advances, psychological abuse, bullying and rape. To better understand the experiences of women and other marginalized workers in garment and retail industries with GBVH, and elevate their voices in advocacy campaigns, the Solidarity Center partnered with three trade unions and two civil society organizations to conduct participatory action research.

Download the summary publication here. (Full report coming soon!)

In Our Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Garment Factories in Bangladesh

In Our Own Words: Workers Address Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Garment Factories in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, 80 percent of women garment workers surveyed in 2019 reported they had experienced or witnessed sexual harassment, molestation or assault, endured extreme verbal abuse or witnessed a factory manager or supervisor abuse and harass other women in the factory. To better understand the experiences of women the garment industry with GBVH and elevate their voices in advocacy campaigns, the Solidarity Center partnered with six trade union federations and three civil society organizations to conduct participatory action research.  

Download it in English and Bangla.

Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic and the Law

Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic and the Law

It has been widely reported that when the COVID-19 pandemic began, governments and employers were ill-informed, ill-prepared and in many cases willing to risk the lives of workers for profits-leading to occupational health and safety failures globally. This issue brief focuses on the fights by workers to ensure safe and healthy working conditions during the pandemic and how they were able to use the law to do so. This includes 11 case studies from Argentina, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and a global essay about seafarers. 

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ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORLD OF WORK: An Analysis of Nigeria’s Legal Framework for Conformity with ILO Convention 190

ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORLD OF WORK: An Analysis of Nigeria’s Legal Framework for Conformity with ILO Convention 190

The report outlines the current legal framework in Nigeria regarding violence and harassment at work; examines key provisions of C190 and how to amend laws to fully realize these protections; and identifies opportunities for legal practitioners to utilize existing laws and mechanisms to ensure that all workers in Nigeria enjoy the fundamental right to be free from GBVH and other forms of violence and harassment in the world of work.

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Securing Equal Access to Decent Work in Nigeria: A Report by Workers with Disabilities

Securing Equal Access to Decent Work in Nigeria: A Report by Workers with Disabilities

A survey of more than 600 workers with disabilities in Nigeria conducted by the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) Women Commission and the Solidarity Center in collaboration with Nigerian unions and disability rights organizations, finds that most workers with disabilities cannot access decent work as defined by the UN International Labor Organization (ILO).The study—for its sample size and breadth, as well as for the collaboration between trade unions and disability rights organizations—is the first of its kind.

Download it here or see the summary here.

2021–2022 Agreements to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Lesotho

2021–2022 Agreements to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Lesotho

A report by Workers’ Rights Watch tracks progress on a precedent-setting, worker-centered program in Lesotho garment factories to prevent gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) of garment workers producing jeans for the global market. The Lesotho Agreements represent the first instance in which brands and their suppliers have entered into enforceable agreements with worker representatives to stop GBVH and protect workers. Sexual violence against garment workers is a well-documented worldwide problem.

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