ILO supports the development of Regional Policy for Gender Based Violence at the Workplace (GBV)
C190 takes centre stage at the CEC-CCL workshop, where participants were familiarized with the framework of this Convention as an important reference point for their discussions and validation of the workplace policy under development.
18 May 2022
ILO Specialists supports two workshops for the Joint Regional Spotlight Initiative with the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), aimed at bringing employers and employees/workers together to establish a baseline policy for addressing GBV.
At the first workshop on May 18, the ILO presented on the Violence and Harassment Convention, No. 190, the first international treaty to recognize the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment
Participants were familiarized with the framework of C190 as an important reference point for their discussions and validation of the workplace policy under development. Erica Martin, International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist, ILO DWT/CO-Port-of-Spain, highlighted key provisions of the Convention related to the policy. She covered the importance of ensuring easy access to appropriate procedures, including legal, social, medical and administrative support measures for complainants and victims of violence and harassment, providing education and training on violence and harassment, in accessible formats, and the adoption of sanctions and appropriate mechanisms for holding perpetrators of violence and harassment in the world of work accountable, and confidentiality.
Paz Arancibia Roman, Technical Specialist, Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination, ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, touched on other key issues, relating to enabling the reporting of violence and harassment, and improving enforcement, protecting against any form of victimization or retaliation and data protection and confidentiality.
These presentations were followed by focus groups discussions, where participants were asked to comment and review on the working document of the policy’s clauses, and report to plenary towards the development of a finalized workplace policy.
(In Photo: Ian Daniel, Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies)
At the first workshop on May 18, the ILO presented on the Violence and Harassment Convention, No. 190, the first international treaty to recognize the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment
Participants were familiarized with the framework of C190 as an important reference point for their discussions and validation of the workplace policy under development. Erica Martin, International Labour Standards and Labour Law Specialist, ILO DWT/CO-Port-of-Spain, highlighted key provisions of the Convention related to the policy. She covered the importance of ensuring easy access to appropriate procedures, including legal, social, medical and administrative support measures for complainants and victims of violence and harassment, providing education and training on violence and harassment, in accessible formats, and the adoption of sanctions and appropriate mechanisms for holding perpetrators of violence and harassment in the world of work accountable, and confidentiality.
Paz Arancibia Roman, Technical Specialist, Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination, ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, touched on other key issues, relating to enabling the reporting of violence and harassment, and improving enforcement, protecting against any form of victimization or retaliation and data protection and confidentiality.
These presentations were followed by focus groups discussions, where participants were asked to comment and review on the working document of the policy’s clauses, and report to plenary towards the development of a finalized workplace policy.
(In Photo: Ian Daniel, Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies)