In 2012, a 27-year-old miner, Pinky Mosiane, was found in a pool of blood with a used condom discarded nearby after having been attacked by a co-worker in a Rustenburg mine. The young mother, who had been working underground in an isolated area, died shortly afterwards.
Stories like this provided the impetus for the adoption of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) most recent International Labour Standard on workplace violence and harassment (Convention 190). Con.190 specifically includes a provision on “gender-based violence and harassment”. This means Mosiane and millions of others who have been subject to unacceptable behaviours and harm due to their gender at the workplace now have an international treaty that calls for the implementation of policies, programmes and legislation to prevent violence and harassment. SA is in the process of ratifying Con.190...
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