What we do?

Prevention

  • Identify, select and develop capacity of 60 Human Rights Defenders (Shojag Shathis) in the workplace and dormitories to support the rights of women garment workers.
  • Train mid-management of factories to implement and replicate measures to prevent sexual harassment within their HR and administration.
  • Conduct an analysis of existing policies and redressal procedures for workplace GBV, and offer suggestions for enhanced compliance.
  • Conduct awareness-raising activities.
  • Provide psycho-social counselling for women workers.

Protection

  • Introduce, improve and strengthen mechanisms to protect workers from GBV.
  • Ensure garment factories and surrounding residential areas have functioning referral systems and the capacity to combat and support victims of GBV.
  • Advocacy and awareness within national institutions and trade bodies.
  • Provide referral services to survivors of GBV.

Prosecution

  • Provide legal services to survivors including advice, mediation and litigation.
  • Conduct mobile legal camps to provide advice, support for fact-finding as well as awareness building.

Partnership

  • Develop partnerships cutting across prevention, protection and prosecution.
  • Increase private sector engagement and opportunities for national and regional level learning and sharing through research and dissemination events.