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The Safe work environment Perspectives from Women Human Rights Defenders

The Safe work environment Perspectives from Women Human Rights Defenders

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Marking the International Labor Day, a group of Egyptian feminist organizations and initiatives launched the “My Safe Work is a Priority” campaign. The campaign aims to urge the Egyptian government to adopt policies and procedures that enhance a safe work environment for women and to ratify ILO Convention No. 190 on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work.

Given that most Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) are also employees, whether within various economic and service activities or within human rights, developmental, or humanitarian aid organizations, “Gohoud to Support Human Rights Defenders” joined the campaign to stand in solidarity with the demands of WHRDs/HRDs and emphasize their right to healthy and safe work environments. As part of our participation in the “My Safe Work is a Priority” campaign, we asked a group of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) about their perspectives on what a safe work environment means to them. We received various responses, and we are pleased to share them with you, contributing to the efforts to promote safety and protection in all our work environments.

Our demands to ensure a safe work environment for women according to the Convention N.190 of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Our demands to ensure a safe work environment for women according to the Convention N.190 of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

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For a long time, Violence at the workplace has been an unspoken issue, particularly because it tends to be perpetrated by individuals in positions of power (supervisors, mid-level, and senior management). As a…

The years of oppression and isolation. The situation of human rights defenders in Egypt during the Covid-19 pandemic

The years of oppression and isolation. The situation of human rights defenders in Egypt during the Covid-19 pandemic

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This report seeks to document the situation of human rights defenders during the years of the pandemic by monitoring and analyzing the patterns of targeting human rights defenders during those years, the impact of the pandemic on their lives, work and safety, and the added burdens imposed on them due to the pandemic, in addition to monitoring and analyzing legislative changes related to human rights defenders’ work and how the pandemic’s consequences contributed to shaping these legislative changes

Message on the occasion of the International Day of Women Human Rights Defenders

Message on the occasion of the International Day of Women Human Rights Defenders

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November 29 is the International Women’s Human Rights Defenders Day. It is the day when the world honours the struggle of women defenders and recognises the positive impact of their activities, which are not limited to women’s lives but the entire human community. Women defenders are active everywhere in the world to support democracy and fundamental human rights, in addition to defending the principles of equality and non-discrimination and opposing various forms of gender-based inequality and violence.

Who silences women? The political authority is not the only one on the list

Who silences women? The political authority is not the only one on the list

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it will not be sufficient for women to talk about their issues or discuss their analytical or critical visions of what is going on in private or public spheres, that the reason behind the presence of such challenges in the first place was that we are women, as if reality is trying to tell us: “You are a woman… then  you have to pay the price”