Technical Seminar 5: Guidance on Addressing Gender Based Violence and Harassment in Textile, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing Industry

In this online seminar, three experts will present an overview of newly published guidance on addressing violence and harassment in textile and garment factories.

CARE and Better Factories Cambodia have developed standardized guidance for all businesses in garment supply chains to address gender-based violence and harassment. These guidelines are designed to support businesses to take meaningful and effective action to ensure women workers are safe and respected at all levels of the supply chain.

This event is essential for producers who want to ensure best practice for an issue of increasing importance for buyers.

There will be adequate time for Q&A.

SPEAKERS

Sereysocheata Ros, Enterprise Assessor, Advisor, and Gender Focal Point, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC)

Sereysocheata Ros provides high-quality enterprise-level support services designed to improve enterprise performance and adapt a gender-inclusive approach across all factory-level activities. Before working with BFC, she worked with several NGOs, and international agencies to promote women’s rights, and to improve labour standards in global garment supply chains.

Thida Tho, Enterprise Trainer and Advisor, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC)

Thida Tho plays a key role as one of Better Factories Cambodia’s gender focal points. She delivers training and advisory services to factories as well as constituents in garment industries. Besides this, she coordinates and supports the implementation of BFC’s gender strategy to improve gender diversity and inclusion in global garment supply chains.

Jenny Hickey, Deputy Programme Manager, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC)

Jenny Hickey has worked in Bangladesh, Thailand, and Cambodia focusing on improving working conditions in global garment supply chains. She worked closely with CARE and was the Better Work gender expert in the development of the Guidelines to prevent and address Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in global supply chains.