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Social protection:
Gender and workplace violence
The primary goal of the ILO is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. This mandate on gender equality is grounded in International Labour Conventions of particular relevance to gender equality - Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No 100), Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No 156), and the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No 183).
Women are at much risk of certain types of victimization at work. Freedom from violence and harassment directed at women in the transport workplace is nowadays a key issue. Millions of women work in the transport industry worldwide, from taxi, bus, lorry and train drivers, to seafarers, port workers, airline pilots, airline and airports staff, call centre staff, office workers and executives.
The highest percentage of women transport workers is employed in civil aviation, as cabin crew and check-in personnel. Women workers are in the front line of dealing with often irate and aggressive air passengers. Sexual harassment is a serious problem in civil aviation, which is sometimes allegedly provoked by the advertising campaigns of airlines that portray flight attendants as mere sex symbols.
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