Programme

ILO and the Spotlight Initiative: Highlights and lessons learned from the world of work on eliminating gender-based violence and promoting the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and Recommendation (No. 206)

Meeting document | 24 June 2021

14.00 hrs    Welcome to the event

                       Ms Joni Simpson, Senior Specialist, Gender, Equality and
                       Non-discrimination, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

14.05 hrs     Video to introduce ILO’s new campaign on C190

14.10 hrs     Opening remarks
                      European Union (Speaker TBC)

14.20 hrs     Video to introduce the Spotlight Initiative

14.30 hrs     Panel discussion

Moderator

                    Ms Manuela Tomei, Director of the Conditions of Work
                    and Equality Department, International Labour Organization

Panelists

  • Ms Siriwan Romchattong, President, Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT)
  • Mr Antonio Martins, Vice Secretary Konfederasaun Sindikatu Timor-Leste (KSTL)
  • Mr Israel Murefu, Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ)
  • Ms Elly Silaban, President Confederation of All Indonesian Trade Unions (KSBSI)
  • Ms Ma. Karina Perida-Trayvilla, Director, Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE), the Philippines
  • Ms Pamela Ares, Under-Secretary of Policies for Inclusion in the World of Work, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina
  • Ms Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
15.20 hrs    Closing remarks
                     Ms Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, ILO Assistant Director-General and
                     Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

15.30 hrs    Event ends