A national-level social dialogue on The ILC-GBV and SDGs as an organising tool to unionize women workers: A Step Toward Ending Gender-Based Violence at the Workplace

The SARTUC, in collaboration with FNV Mondiaal, organised a one-day national social dialogue on “A national-level social dialogue on the ILC-GBV and SDGs as an organising tool to unionize women workers: A Step toward Ending Gender-Based Violence at the Workplace in Nepal” in Kathmandu, Nepal on 14 July 2023.

https://www.sartuc.org/document/the-national-level-social-dialogue-on-the-ilc-gbv-and-sdgs-as-an-organising-tool-to-unionize-women-workers-compiled-report/

This national level Social Dialogue is the follow up of the regional level social dialogue held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 23-24 March, 2023. SARTUC conducted national level social dialogues in all SARTUC affiliated countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The compile report on the national-level social dialogue can be found in the link above or directly in the document section of the SARTUC's Website. The SARTUC, in collaboration with FNV Mondiaal, organised a one-day national social dialogue on “A national-level social dialogue on the ILC-GBV and SDGs as an organising tool to unionize women workers: A Step toward Ending Gender-Based Violence at the Workplace in Nepal” in Kathmandu, Nepal on 14 July 2023. The national dialogue aimed to address the critical issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and women's empowerment in the changing world of work, and to explore the role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and International Labour Convention 190 (ILC-GBV) as organizing tools to unionize women workers, especially in the trade union movement. The national-level social dialogue was successful to bring together representatives from trade unions, government, employers, and civil society organisations (CSOs).

 Objectives

  • To sensitise the SARTUC affiliates national trade union leaders to use ILC GBV Convention and SDGs as organising tools to increase the unionisation of women in the world of work.
  • To capacitate the organising skills of the women trade union leaders to encourage more women’s participation in the unions.
  • To identify and develop strategies based on ILC GBV Convention to prevent gender-based violence in the workplace.
  • To explore the realities and efforts of all the stakeholders - government, employers, trade unions, and CSOs in Nepal for the prevention of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) at the Workplace.

A national-level social dialogue on the ILC-GBV and SDGs as an organising tool to unionize women workers: A Step toward Ending Gender-Based Violence at the Workplace is follow up for the Regional Training on Gender-Based Violence (ILC GBV) Convention and SDGs as Organising Tools to Unionise Women: A Step toward Ending Gender-Based Violence at the Workplace in South Asia held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 23-24 March, 2023. The participants from the regional training were the facilitators for the national level social dialogues. All the affiliated countries completed the follow up activity at national level.