Guidelines: Apparel Industry Responses to Violence and Harrassment in the Workplace
Looking for guidance on how to address gender-based violence and harassment in the garment and textile sector?
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.
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The Business of Women at Work
In October 2019, CARE and Better Factories Cambodia convened a unique event with the Asia garment industry to discuss sexual harassment in the supply chain. This video shares highlights and outcomes of the event.
Guidance Note 1: Workplace Policy on Gender-Based Violence and Harassment
This guidance note is intended to support workplaces in designing a policy to address gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the workplace. It covers: Principles, Content and Harmonisation with other workplace policies.
Guidance Note 2: Grievance Mechanisms
This guidance note is intended to support the design of effective grievance mechanisms in response to gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work. A grievance mechanism is a predictable and structured way to address and resolve complaints.
Guidance Note 3: Referrals
Making referrals requires information on appropriate referral services available in the local area. Better Work and CARE International recommends the following steps in making referrals available.
Guidance Note 4: Monitoring and reporting systems
This implementation note is intended to support companies in developing measures which can be monitored and reported on to company leadership.
Guidance Note 5: Risk Assessment
This note provides a framework for undertaking risk assessments on gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) and can be implemented by companies as part of human resource management, procurement, purchasing, and sourcing, supply chain management, client and customer management, and subsidiary management.
Guidance Note 6: Responding to Disclosures Guidance Note
What is disclosure in the context of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH)? Why do we need to be sensitive in cases of GBVH disclosures? What does a disclosure look like? How do we respond to disclosures? What can I do? What can I not do? Find all answers here.
Guidance Note 7: Guide to Workplace Training
This note is intended to support companies undertaking training of their workforce. The note may support companies in identifying suitable high-quality
training to provide in the workplace.
Guidance Note 8: Zero Tolerance
This noteis provided to help companies in considering the application of a zero-tolerance approach to GBVH. The guidance should support all companies in deciding whether and what type of zero tolerance policy it should have.
All Guidance Notes in Khmer
Find the concrete guidance for supply chain actors to proactively address and respond to gender-based violence and harassment in Khmer here.