Women’s Day: NLC kicks against gender-based violence in work places
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The Nigeria Labour congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to domesticate the ILO Convention 190 (C190) to discourage Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) in workplaces.
The Head of Department, Women and Youth, NLC, Mrs Rita Goyit, made the appeal at a virtual workshop for Labour journalists on Sunday.
Goyit expressed concern that Nigeria had not ratified or domesticated the convention, two years after the C190 was adopted in Geneva, Switzerland.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop supported by Solidarity Centre AFL-CIO, a non-profit organisation, is part of activities by the NLC to observe the 2021 International Women’s Day.
Speaking at a virtual workshop in collaboration with Solidarity Centre AFL-CIO for labour correspondents at the weekend, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, the Head, Women and Youth Department of NLC, Rita Goyit, said ratification and domestication of the Convention 190 would make workplaces free from violence and harassment, boost productivity AND put Nigeria on the list of countries promoting human rights.
Earlier, Deputy Chairperson, National Women Commission of NLC, Salamatu Aliu, said her group would not back down on its campaigns against GBVH “until government and employers do the needful to protect women in Nigeria.”
Senior Programme Officer, Solidarity Center AFL-CIO, Nkechi Odinukwe, listed displacement, armed conflict, terrorism, migration and increased globalization of economic activities and COVID-19 pandemic as factors compounding woes of women across 36 states of the federation.
As part of campaign to boost awareness on Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) in the world of work, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Solidarity Centre AFL-CIO has held a media training for journalists.
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