Country Director, ILO, Bangladesh
The ILO Convention Eliminating Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190) and its accompanying Recommendation (R206) went through a long process and it culminated in the adoption of the convention in the ILO Centenary Conference in 2019. The Bangladesh government voted in favour of the adoption of the Convention C190 and Recommendation R206 and we are optimistic about the ratification of C190 by the government of Bangladesh. Workers and Employers organisation need to engage to discuss the convention s ratification and figure out how it can be integrated into the national system through legislation to improve practices in addressing workplace violence and harassment.. Without addressing issues around violence and harassment, including GBV in the world of work, it is impossible to achieve the Decent Work Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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FGM not a joke, UNFPA tells Govs
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By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has told state governors not to take the lingering practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) as a joke.
So, the global agency asked them to step up, within their domains, funding and sensitization programmes on the seriousness of the practice as an act of gender-based violence.
Dr. Zubaida Abubakar, UNFPA’s National Programme Analyst for Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV (Nigeria), made the call during a webinar on the dissemination of findings from the ‘UN Joint Programme on the Elimination of FGM in Nigeria: Progress Report’.
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Female Genital Mutilation not a joke, UNFPA tells Govs
On
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday, told state governors not to treat the lingering practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) with levity.
As the UN agency also charged them to step up, within their states, more funding and sensitization programmes on the seriousness of the practice as an act of gender-based violence.
Dr Zubaida Abubakar, UNFPA’s National Programme Analyst for Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV (Nigeria), made the call during a webinar on the dissemination of findings from the ‘UN Joint Programme on the Elimination of FGM in Nigeria: Progress Report’.