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                ILO Educates on Gender Equality in the Workplace

   by Kim Lewis

   ILO/Judges-- The International Labor Organization has initiated a
   course on gender equality in the workplace in response to international
   demand. The course focused on sexual discrimination in the workplace,
   and how international labor laws can be applied appropriately when
   dealing with gender issues in court.  25 African judges attended the
   course in order to improve the way in which they apply international
   labor standards in the context of gender. The week-long course,
   sponsored by the Bureau of Gender Equality of the ILO, took place
   recently in Turin, Italy. It focused on ways to prioritize cases
   involving employees who have been discriminated against or sexually
   harassed, especially cases where the worker is living with HIV/AIDS or
   is pregnant.  Jane Hodges, director of the Bureau of Gender Equality of
   the ILO, said the judges, as well as other international participants,
   brought very interesting legal issues regarding their constitutional
   ability to apply international standards. She cited examples, such as
   the dismissal of a worker who refuses advances of an undisciplined and
   unethical employer, or situations where the workplace itself is made to
   be so hostile and intimidating that workers actually leave. Hodges
   spoke to VOA English to Africa Service reporter Kim Lewis, who wrote a
   report.
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