AMRC organised a workshop in June 2016 bringing together women workers' educators to talk about the challenges women workers face at the workplace addressing their health concerns, including reproductive health and issues such as sexual harassment.
Saturday, June 18, 2016 - 17:45 to Sunday, June 19, 2016 - 17:45
Where:
Bangkok
In a regional meeting of women labour rights advocates in October 2015, women activists noted that the health issues of women workers were not often looked at in a gender-sensitive manner, leading to many issues being ignored and unaddressed. Many organisations also lack information on reproductive health and hazards, ergonomics and the effects of stress on the health of women in particular. This workshop brought together women workers’ educators to analyse and strategise how better to address OSH for women workers.
Arrested Guangdong labour activists Zeng Feiyang, Meng Han, Zhu Xiaomei and Tang Huanxing, were charged with “disturbing social order” by the People’s Procuratorate of Panyu District, Guangzhou Municipality in June 2016 and will be tried in the near future.
April 24th, 2016 marked the 3rd anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy that killed 1,129 garment workers and injured thousands more.
The Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE), as part of its ongoing advocacy to ensure social protection for the workplace accident victims and affected families, organized a human chain and laid wreaths at the site of the Rana Plaza disaster in Savar.