Across the globe, women workers are contending with the dual crises of climate change and gender-based violence and harassment, or GBVH, in the world of work. These forces are not separate. Whether it’s rising heat or forced migration, climate change is making workplaces increasingly unsafe for women workers as existing vulnerabilities leave them more exposed to violence and harassment, according to experts.
But as the risks for women are accelerating, so is the organizing. From landfills in South Africa to garment factories in central Java, women workers and their allies are taking collective action. They are participating in negotiations for international agreements, designing solutions for safer workplaces, and holding businesses and governments accountable for decent work amid rising temperatures.
Read the visual story, and visit “Women Rising” — a narrative series spotlighting the intersection of gender-based violence and harassment and climate change in the world of work.
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