Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

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Gap Allowed Haiti Factory to Swindle Pregnant Workers, Carry Out Mass Firing of Union Leaders

US retailer Gap is refusing to require a Haitian factory that makes clothing…

October 2, 2025
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WRC Advances Workers’ Rights on Global Stages: OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2025 Highlights

OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector The WRC…

March 25, 2025
Press Release

Groundbreaking Gender Justice Agreement Signed in Indonesian Garment Factories

Central Java, Indonesia; Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2025) – After years of enduring…

March 12, 2025
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From Fear to Power: How Indonesian Women Workers Won Binding Commitments for Change

After organizing against gender-based violence and harassment on the factory floor, courageous women…

March 12, 2025
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Thai El Monte Garment Workers Inducted into US Labor Hall of Honor

Twenty-eight years ago last month, consumers opened their newspapers to learn that sweatshops…

September 18, 2023
Commentary

New Report Details Impact of Lesotho Anti-GBVH Program

A new report details the impact of the Lesotho…

May 4, 2023
Commentary

Lesotho Garment Worker Program to Combat Gender-Based Violence Begins

by: Carolyn Butler, Solidarity Center A worker-centered, precedent-setting program that…

February 8, 2021
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Despite progress gender-based violence and harassment is still a reality for global garment workers

By Rola Abimourched – Today marks the end of this year’s “…

December 13, 2019
Commentary

Lesotho garment workers struck landmark deals to tackle gender-based violence. Here’s how it happened.

By Rola Abimourched, Libakiso Matlho, Thusoana Ntlama & Robin Runge – Gender-based violence…

September 13, 2019
Commentary

Landmark Agreements to Combat Gender-based Violence and Harassment in Lesotho’s Garment Industry

Last Thursday marked the announcement of a set of landmark agreements among…

August 19, 2019
Press Release

Leading apparel brands, trade unions, and women’s rights organizations sign binding agreements to combat gender-based violence and harassment at key supplier’s factories in Lesotho

Maseru, Lesotho; Washington, D.C. (August 15, 2019): Civil society groups, an international apparel…

August 15, 2019