FWF holds Vietnam event to stop gender-based violence
02/10/2017
It said the event, which it organised with the International Labour Organisation and Dutch trade unions Mondiaal and CNV (with financial support from the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs), would provide training and knowledge-sharing for garment manufacturers.
Since 2012 FWF has worked on establishing anti-harassment committees in factories in Bangladesh and India. In India, it has launched a supervisor training programme. Its aims include reducing economic discrimination and changing gender stereotypes.
“Sexual harassment and violence against women are widespread problems in the garment industry,” FWF said, “where women make up about 80% of the workforce. Female garment workers constitute a highly vulnerable group. They are often young, poor, unskilled, sometimes illiterate, and often single women in a society dominated by strong gender hierarchies. A disturbingly high percentage of garment workers report verbal and physical abuse and sexual harassment, as well as forced labour, assault and rape.”
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