13th Regional General Council - STEPPING UP JOINT EFFORTS TO CURB GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) AT THE WORKPLACE

While the ITUC recognizes the diversity of actions taken by affiliates, working with parties and allies, to address GBV at work, the organization recognizes that GBV is still glaringly evident and that it brings significant negative impact on national economies, workplaces, enterprises, and workers. This is with women being mostly affected in terms of safety hazards, decrease in well-being, productivity, health, economic and social costs, and many other factors.

As preventing and dealing with GBV is a gender equality and human rights challenge rather than a mere “women’s issue”, the ITUC reaffirms its commitment to the continuing and full implementation of previous related resolutions on GBV. The ITUC also calls on its affiliates: to deepen the understanding of and contribute to the knowledge base of GBV; to continue to push the GBV agenda at the forefront of debates with employers and governments; to continue to build and share knowledge and best practices with GBV; to intensify actions to get more men involved as partners and advocates; and to demonstrate and translate sustained leadership, commitment, and support for gender equality into tangible concrete actions.