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procedures so as to protect women from violence. T he organization delivered a
training programme, aimed at young female media graduates, on reporting cases of
violence against women and girls from a human rights perspective. The organization
has completed 85 training hours for 30 graduates, who produced 1 6 media stories
and reports on violence against women.
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The private sector, a key stakeholder
59. Globally, 53 per cent of women are employed in jobs that are either self employed or unpaid (see E/CN.6/2015/3). Such employment, which is particularly
widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, can put women at increased risk
of violence. In addition, 79 countries have laws that restrict the type of work women
can perform. A report from 2014, commissioned by the World Bank, asserted that
the private sector has been insufficiently involved in efforts to prevent and address
violence against women. 9 In order for the situation to change, workplaces need to
adopt anti-harassment codes and guidelines to make workplaces safe for women and
establish alliances with women’s rights organizations. 10 The Trust Fund has invested
in programmes that address such challenges and that aim to fully integrate the
private sector as a key stakeholder in ending violence agains t women.
60. Building on a successful initiative previously supported by the Trust Fund in
Cambodia, CARE Cambodia with its local partner, the Solidarity Association of
Beer Promoters in Cambodia, is implementing a project to scale up participatory
community and workplace interventions in the garment, tourism and hospitality
industries. The multi-pronged strategy includes working with community and
workplace groups of female employees, involving employers in taking concrete
measures to prevent sexual harassment and engaging men to promote long-term
behaviour and attitudinal changes. The Association has reached 1,935 women
working in beer gardens, restaurants and karaoke venues through its various training
sessions and events. Training and awareness-raising in garment factories has
reached approximately 11,500 women.
61. The Fair Wear Foundation implemented a project to improve working
conditions and reduce workplace violence in export-oriented garment factories in
Bangladesh and India. More than 3,500 workers in India and Bangladesh received
direct training in 24 factories, while another 15,000 workers were trained via peer to-peer education. One of the project’s major achievements has been the higher level
of reporting of harassment cases to anti-harassment committees and through a
telephone helpline.
62. A project implemented in the United Republic of Tanzania by Equality for
Growth, a local women’s organization, is working to bolster women’s economic
rights and reduce the risk of violence by creating safe environments in six markets,
in two districts of Dar es Salaam. The project focused on improving access to
knowledge about rights and violence against women for market traders and market
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The World Bank and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Women,
Business and the Law 2014: Removing Restrictions to Enhance Gender Equality (London,
Bloomsbury Press, 2013).
Jennifer L. Solotaroff and Rohini Prabha Pande, Violence against Women and Girls: Lessons
from South Asia (Washington, D.C., World Bank, 2014).
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