Let’s end violence at work

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Workers worldwide experience violence every day at work and while commuting to work – especially women and LGBTQIA+ people.

Sign the petition to support to the first-ever global law that outlaws violence and harassment at work for everyone – no matter where in the world they live.

Why is this important?

"80% of the workforce is employed in the informal economy. The majority are women and almost 50% have experienced sexual harassment, and 60% don’t report it because of the number of barriers in accessing the justice system."

- Margaret Brew-Ward, ActionAid Ghana

Research from the International Labour Organisation shows that in the majority world, casual and informal sector workers – women working alone, outside normal working hours or interacting with people – face particularly high risks of violence and harassment. That’s not all:

Around 235 million women live in countries where they have no legal protection whatsoever from sexual harassment in the workplace.
In Jordan, one in five women experienced one or more forms of violence in the workplace, and out of those women a third kept silent about the violence and harassment they experienced.
In the UK, more than half of all women and 68 per cent of LGBTQIA+ people and 68 per cent of disabled women reported being sexually harassed at work have experienced sexual harassment at work.

After a decade of tireless campaigning and advocacy by feminist and labour rights activists, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted its first-ever international treaty to end violence and harassment in the world of informal and formal work: Conventions 189 and 190. Dozens of countries have already turned the treaty into national law – including the UK.

We need to ensure that all countries put these vital treaties into law to protect workers from violence everywhere including through supply chains across the world.

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The Young Urban Women’s Movement in Ghana, who campaign for women's access to justice. Photo: Abbie Trayler Smith/ActionAid