05 October 2022 13:00
BWI 5th World Congress: "Breathtaking to see many women unionists!"
Lisa Zanatta, a qualified Carpenter and Joiner by occupation, and currently working as an organiser and women’s Officer for the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) in Australia is one of the more than 700 trade union delegates who attended BWI’s 5th World Congress in Madrid, Spain. Lee mas...
04 October 2022 16:04
A day before the Building and Woodworkers’ International’s (BWI) 5th World Congress, a jampacked room of more than 200 women trade unionists gathered on 4 October at the Marriot Hotel and Conference Centre in Madrid, Spain and discussed how trade jobs, traditionally the domain of men workers, are viable career options for women too.
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21 September 2022 10:04
We need to fight for a future that can recognises women’s rights, equal pay, equal sharing of domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and violence against women and the girl child.Lee mas...
13 September 2022 05:55
On 7 September, the 20th BWI International Women Committee (IWC) took place and discussed strategies in preparation for BWI’s World Congress in Madrid, Spain this October.
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09 September 2022 08:46
31 trade unionists, 25 of whom are women, attended an online workshop hosted by the Southern Africa Construction Network (SACONET) on 22-24 August. Representing 8 unions from 6 countries, the participants analysed in detail the salient provisions of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Convention No. 190 and Recommendation 206.
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09 August 2022 07:51
Determined to strengthen its communication and social media efforts, the BWI-affiliated National Union of Building and Construction Workers (NUBCW) in the Philippines recently organised a two-part Basic Communication and Social Media Training to capacitate women welders on how to use various social media platforms to promote their respective campaigns online. Lee mas...
04 August 2022 13:40
La ICM celebrará el Día Internacional de la Mujer (8 de Marzo) de este año con una campaña de una semana que comenzará el 1 de marzo y culminará el 8 de marzo. Con el lema "Construimos un Futuro con Igualdad de Género", la ICM, dirigida por sus mujeres sindicalistas, mirará hacia el futuro del trabajo y las relaciones de género en medio de la naturaleza cambiante del trabajo y el empeoramiento de las desigualdades de género debido al COVID-19.Lee mas...
18 July 2022 03:56
La 15va Reunión del Comité Regional de Mujeres de la ICM para América Latina y el Caribe (CRM-ALC) el 30 de junio presentó el alcance y los logros de la ICM en la región sobre temas como política de género, capacitaciones, organización, incidencia y participación de las trabajadoras en los sindicatos desde 2018 a 2022. Lee mas...
14 July 2022 15:38
El 6 de julio de 2022, México, representado por la Subsecretaria para Asuntos Multilaterales y Derechos Humanos Martha Delgado Peralta, depositó el instrumento de ratificación del Convenio No. 190 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) sobre violencia y acoso en los lugares de trabajo, junto con la Recomendación 206, en la sede de la OIT en Ginebra, Suiza.Lee mas...