Fighting GBVH in Bangladesh’s H&M supplier factories27 March, 2025IndustriALL affiliates in Bangladesh along with Swedish trade union IF Metall and clothing brand H&M Group are undertaking awareness raising workshops and trainings on gender-based violence and harassment in H&M’s supplier factories.
IndustriALL calls for stronger protections for women garment workers at UNCSW69 18 March, 2025Trade unions, industry leaders and activists met at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW69) Forum to push for legally binding agreements that protect women workers in the textile and garment industry. Hosted by IndustriALL Global Union, the event shed light on the ongoing struggles of garment workers, particularly women, and the urgent need for greater corporate accountability in global supply chains.
South Africa: NUM national women’s conference vows to fight patriarchy, gender-based violence at work12 March, 2025“You must dismantle patriarchy wherever you are,” sang 350 delegates who participated at the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) women’s national conference in Johannesburg, 7-8 March.
A new tool for trade unions to fight the gender pay gap7 March, 2025IndustriALL is launching its new pay equity training modules for its affiliates. This practical tool aims to better equip unions in their collective bargaining and to put the value of work at the centre of wage negotiations.
A call for a gender-transformative social contract at Beijing+307 March, 2025Ahead of next week’s 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69/Beijing+30) global unions are calling for a gender-transformative new social contract, stressing the urgent need for action to protect gender equality and workers' rights worldwide.
A movement, not a moment: International Women’s Day 2025 6 March, 2025"Every year on 8 March, companies post messages about gender equality. Governments make speeches. Flowers are handed out in workplaces and we often talk about a 'celebration'. But where is the action? Where is the change? International Women’s Day must not be reduced to empty words and gestures, it must be a day of mobilizing, of fighting, of pushing forward," says IndustriALL assistant general secretary Christina Olivier.
Malaysia: women union leaders reject unsafe and unhealthy working conditions3 March, 2025At the 27 February IndustriALL Malaysia women’s committee meeting, 30 women union leaders, from IndustriALL Global Union Malaysia affiliates, highlighted unsafe and unhealthy practices in the country's manufacturing sectors.
Mobilize for gender equality27 February, 2025The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, turning 30 this year, has been key in driving a new women’s rights and a gender equality agenda. However, the UN highlights that despite significant strides, progress on gender equality, the rights and empowerment of all women and girls remain slow.
New toolkit to tackle gender-based violence in the battery supply chain6 February, 2025The global shift to renewable energy has put the battery supply chain in the spotlight, but behind the scenes, workers, particularly women, face alarming levels of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH). To combat this, IndustriALL has released a new toolkit offering concrete strategies to address this urgent issue.
Driving change to end workplace violence against women25 November, 2024Today, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, IndustriALL Global Union reflects on a year of progress and renews the commitment to eradicate gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace.
