HLPF Side Event on Creating an Enabling, Gender-responsive Work Environment for the future: the Role of ILO Convention 190 in addressing violence and harassment in the world of work

Organised by the NGO Coalition to end violence and harassment in the world of work and Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund

Aim of the meeting

This side event will focus on ways to create an enabling, gender-responsive, safe work environment for the future, by incorporating into its framework the International Labour Organisation Convention 190 (ILO C 190, 2019) addressing violence and harassment (V&H), in the world of work (Link: Status of Ratification).

In the spirit of SDG 17, it will bring together multi-stakeholder partners: governments, the private sector, trade unions, and NGOs with the aim of exploring strategies to promote universal ratification and effective implementation of ILO C 190, as part of a broader push that goes beyond job creation to the provision of safe, violence-free environments with decent jobs for all (SDG 5, SDG 8).

This side event aims to build on the conclusions of the Multi-stakeholder Interactive Dialogue and strategy session of 8 September 2021 on promoting ILO C 190, organized by The NGO Coalition to End Violence and Harassment in the World of Work. (The Outcomes Documents of the 8 September event can be accessed at the following links: Strategy document of the session, Full Report).

IOE Role

Participate as panel speaker to address the followign questions:

• What has IOE done to assist employers in complying with C190?
• Is IOE working to have the Convention ratified in Member States which have not ratified it?
• Are employers moving towards alignment of work-place measures with C190 even in countries where it has not been ratified?